A LACK of internet freedom in India, China and Thailand has sparked a revamp of an online anonymity network.
The Tor system masks a user’s IP address by routing data packets through three servers chosen at random from a dedicated group of 1000. Although the packets cannot be traced, governments can find the dedicated servers, since they are publicly listed on the internet, and shut them down.
At a hackers’ conference last week, Tor co-founder Roger Dingledine outlined software that can turn any home computer into a Tor server. Under the new set-up, data is routed through any three of these unlisted home computers, but officials…
