The common misconception about VPNs is that they can render users truly anonymous online and the same goes for using Tor, an onion router that scatters the users' data online. The truth is, however, ...

People who want to keep their online activities private are often faced with the question – should I use a virtual private network (VPN) or the Tor anonymity network? What are the advantages and ...

Russia nor Iran could stop Tor's Snowflake. Now it's expanding into its own standalone VPN service called Snowstorm. Credit: Snowstorm As protest and unrest grew in Russia and Iran over the past year, ...

Tor only secures what you browse in its browser. While that may seem limiting, the purpose of Tor is not only to secure your surface web browsing but also to grant you access to the dark web. Dark Web ...

The Tor Project Inc., the nonprofit team behind the anonymity-protecting Tor Browser, and commercial virtual private network provider Mullvad VPN AB have teamed up to launch the privacy-preserving ...

Direct access to the Tor network and some high-profile VPN services have been blocked in Turkey, reports TurkeyBlocks, a service that keeps track of websites and services banned in the country.

When Mike Tigas first created the Onion Browser app for iOS in 2012, he never expected it to become popular. He was working as a newsroom Web developer at The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington, ...