Russia's Interior Ministry has put out a bounty of 3.9 roubles (around $110,000) to groups who can crack the US Navy-designed privacy network.
After the country's vicious crackdown on dissenting voices back in 2012, protestors who hadn't escaped or been jailed began using anonymous internet communication as their first line of defense against the Kremlin. If you're considering taking part in the challenge and wish to earn, take a note that the bounty is only open to organizations that already have security clearance to work for the Russian government.
Last week, Vladimir Putin signed a law that required internet companies to store user information in Russia where it can be freely accessed by intelligence services and in May he introduced a “blogger’s law” requiring any site with more than 3,000 daily visitors to register with the government.
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Russia is not the only country that would like to crack Tor though, with documents leaked by Edward Snowden suggesting that British spy agency GCHQ and the American NSA have made multiple attempts to unmask its users.
Although Tor is often used by journalists and human rights activists (Edward Snowden himself uses Tor to communicate from asylum in Russia) criminals also take advantage of the system’s anonymity, using Tor to sell drugs and images of child abuse online!
This is how Tor works and it's pretty tough to crack its network
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After the country's vicious crackdown on dissenting voices back in 2012, protestors who hadn't escaped or been jailed began using anonymous internet communication as their first line of defense against the Kremlin. If you're considering taking part in the challenge and wish to earn, take a note that the bounty is only open to organizations that already have security clearance to work for the Russian government.
Last week, Vladimir Putin signed a law that required internet companies to store user information in Russia where it can be freely accessed by intelligence services and in May he introduced a “blogger’s law” requiring any site with more than 3,000 daily visitors to register with the government.
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Russia is not the only country that would like to crack Tor though, with documents leaked by Edward Snowden suggesting that British spy agency GCHQ and the American NSA have made multiple attempts to unmask its users.
Although Tor is often used by journalists and human rights activists (Edward Snowden himself uses Tor to communicate from asylum in Russia) criminals also take advantage of the system’s anonymity, using Tor to sell drugs and images of child abuse online!
This is how Tor works and it's pretty tough to crack its network
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