The FBI has denied allegations that it paid Carnegie Mellon University security researchers $1 million to crack a network designed to protect the anonymity of its users. The Tor Project, which operates the network, last week accused the FBI of cutting the CMU deal. The attack occurred from January to July 2014. The attackers discovered a way to strip the anonymity of Tor users by tracking their traffic on the network. Tor attributed the attack to CMU after a pair of researchers from that university abruptly canceled a scheduled presentation.
I think we over react to how to deal with terrorism. Much like taking away people's right to own guns. I don't know of any terrorists who legally obtains guns. Or criminals for that matter. Should we punished everyone because we know of no other way to investigate terrorists then to take away everyone's privacy? Maybe if we prevented these people from entering the country to begin with that could be an significant advantage?? Maybe if we had actual intelligence in the field that could focus on terrorists and monitor them. That also would be very important. I think these social sites are by far not the communication device that terrorists use for important communications. They may for recruitment, and casual and propaganda communication. But I think most have learned to use better means. We in the free world have given up a lot of privacy and it seems we are not a lot farther ahead at preventing these attacks. I question if we give up more privacy if anything will improve.
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FBI, Carnegie Mellon Deny $1M Contract to Crack Tor
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. November 19, 2015 12:11 PMThe FBI has denied allegations that it paid Carnegie Mellon University security researchers $1 million to crack a network designed to protect the anonymity of its users. The Tor Project, which operates the network, last week accused the FBI of cutting the CMU deal. The attack occurred from January to July 2014. The attackers discovered a way to strip the anonymity of Tor users by tracking their traffic on the network. Tor attributed the attack to CMU after a pair of researchers from that university abruptly canceled a scheduled presentation.