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I like how a couple of the alternatives to "Tor" in this article are
Tails and Whonix. What do they use for anonymity again? Oh yeah, Tor...

They also list Disconnect and Tox as an alternative, and then quickly
say they aren't alternatives. I'd say this writer was hoping for clickbait.

Colin

Virgil Griffith wrote:
> Articles like these are irresponsible.  But at least the journalist did
> sufficient homework to find a few "alternatives" I hadn't heard of.
> 
> -V
> 
> On Monday, September 22, 2014, Katya Titov <kattitov@yandex.com> wrote:
> 
>> Article named "Best Alternatives to Tor: 12 Programs to Use Since NSA,
>> Hackers Compromised Tor Project":
>>
>>
>> http://www.idigitaltimes.com/best-alternatives-tor-12-programs-use-nsa-hackers-compromised-tor-project-376976
>>
>> Some quotes:
>>
>> "Tor has been compromised, the Tor Project has recently suffered from
>> two security setbacks which have called into question just how safe
>> users on the anonymity service are."
>>
>> "In any case, it's best to assume that Tor has been compromised by the
>> NSA, DHS, FBI and pretty much any other government intelligence agency,
>> domestic and foreign."
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