Media Appearances
Interviews & Appearances
Major news organizations including the New York Times, Forbes, and the CBS Evening News have sought out or quoted Tor Project members due to their expertise on anonymity, privacy, and Internet censorship issues. Some samples:
| Date | Publication | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 Mar 11 | ABC Australia | Future Tense: The Deep Web |
| 2009 Jul 02 | NED/CIMA | The Role of New Media in the Iranian Elections |
| 2009 Apr 06 | Al Jazeera | Global Village Voices showcases Tor |
| 2009 Mar 12 | BBC World Service | Steven J Murdoch interviewed about Tor and Censorship |
| 2009 Feb 13 | Hearsay Culture | Hearsay Culture Radio Interview/Podcast |
| 2008 Dec 29 | nu.nl | Anoniem browsen voor gsm in de maak |
| 2006 Apr 11 | PBS Frontline | Chipping Away at China's Great Firewall |
| 2006 Feb 28 | PC World | Outsmarting the Online Privacy Snoops |
| 2006 Feb 27 | Forbes | Cracks In the Wall. Discussion of Tor being used for evading censorship by repressive governments. |
| 2006 Feb 20 | The Boston Globe | Beating censorship on the Internet |
| 2006 Feb 15 | CBS Evening News | Cracking The 'Great Firewall Of China'. Roger Dingledine appeared on the show to discuss Tor, starting at 1:04 into the video. |
| 2006 Feb 15 | CNBC - Closing Bell | TV Appearance by Roger Dingledine at 4:25pm. (no link) |
| 2006 Jan 27 | Fox News/eWeek | Web Anonymizers Suddenly Get Very Popular |
| 2006 Jan 25 | New York Times | Privacy for People Who Don't Show Their Navels |
| 2005 Aug 6 | New Scientist | Why we all need pornography |
Articles
Since Tor is widely used throughout the world, it is mentioned regularly in the press. This list is not comprehensive, but illustrates some of the significant Tor-related stories that have popped up.
| Date | Publication | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 July 14 | China Rights Forum | China Rights Forum, No. 2 - “China’s Internet”: Staking Digital Ground |
| 2010 May 25 | The Australian | Call to join Tor network to fight censorship |
| 2010 Mar 17 | PC World Poland | Anonymity in the Web |
| 2010 Mar 09 | PC Pro UK | The dark side of the web |
| 2009 Dec 29 | Times Online | When Iran’s regime falls this will be remembered as the YouTube revolution |
| 2009 Oct 15 | Technology Review | China Cracks Down on Tor Anonymity Network |
| 2009 Sep 30 | BusinessWeek | China's Online Censors Work Overtime |
| 2009 Aug 19 | Reuters | Web tools help protect human rights activists |
| 2009 Aug 10 | Technology Review | How to Build Anonymity Into the Internet |
| 2009 Jul 26 | Washington Times | Senate OKs funds to thwart Iran Web censors |
| 2009 Jul 26 | Boston Globe | US set to hike aid aimed at Iranians |
| 2009 Jul 24 | Associated Press | Iran activists work to elude crackdown on Internet |
| 2009 Jul 08 | Tehran Bureau | Geeks Around the Globe Rally to Help Iranians Online |
| 2009 Jun 26 | Washington Times | Iranian protesters avoid censorship with Navy technology |
| 2009 Jun 29 | EFF | Help Protesters in Iran: Run a Tor Bridge or a Tor Relay |
| 2009 Jun 24 | Daily Finance | Nokia and Siemens in Iran controversy |
| 2009 Jun 18 | Wall Street Journal | Iranians Using Tor to Anonymize Web Use |
| 2009 Jun 19 | O'Reilly Radar | Dramatic Increase in Number of Tor Clients from Iran: Interview with Tor Project and the EFF |
| 2009 Jun 18 | Deutsche Welle | Internet proxies let Iranians and others connect to blocked Web sites |
| 2009 Jun 18 | Technology Review | The Web vs. the Republic of Iran |
| 2009 Jun 17 | CNet News | Iranians find ways to bypass Net censors |
| 2009 Jun 17 | ComputerWorld | Iran's leaders fight Internet; Internet wins (so far) |
| 2009 May 29 | Le Monde | Les censeurs du Net |
| 2009 May 15 | Mass High Tech | Tor tackles Net privacy |
| 2009 May 01 | New York Times | Iranians and Others Outwit Net Censors |
| 2009 Apr 23 | Technology Review | Dissent Made Safer: How anonymity technology could save free speech on the Internet. |
| 2009 Apr 22 | Le Monde | How to circumvent cybersurveillance |
| 2009 Apr 06 | Reader's Digest | How to Hide Anything |
| 2009 Mar 18 | Marie Claire | How to Manage Your Web Footprint |
| 2009 Mar 13 | Wall Street Journal | The Kindness of Strangers |
| 2009 Mar 03 | Orf Austria | WIRTSCHAFTSKAMMER column |
| 2009 Feb 18 | Bangkok Post | The old fake "404 not found" routine |
| 2008 Dec 14 | PC Magazine: Middle & Near East | How To Reclaim Your Online Privacy |
| 2008 Aug 21 | CNN | Experts: Internet filtering and censorship rife |
| 2008 Aug 22 | The Sydney Morning Herald | The China Syndrome |
| 2008 Aug 20 | Scientific American | Cryptography: How to Keep Your Secrets Safe |
| 2008 Aug 05 | Guardian UK | Vaulting the great firewall |
| 2008 Aug 10 | Tech Radar UK | Freedom Stick highlights Chinese 'net censorship: USB drive promises anonymous surfing for the paranoid |
| 2008 Aug 07 | Spiegel | Tricks gegen Zensur und Überwachung |
| 2008 Aug 07 | PC World | 15 Great, Free Privacy Downloads. Tor is Number 1. |
| 2008 Aug 07 | The Guardian UK | Chaos aims to crack China's wall |
| 2008 Aug 07 | The Register UK | German hackers poke hole in great firewall of China |
| 2008 May 24 | Groupo Estado | Interview at Computers, Freedom, and Privacy 2008 Conference |
| 2008 Mar 12 | SearchSecurity.com | Tor network 'bridges' help evade blockers. Covers new Tor features designed to overcome filtering and blocking that prevent access to the Tor network. |
| 2008 Feb 14 | Wired: Compiler Blog | How To: Set Up Anonymous Browsing in 30 Seconds or Less. |
| 2008 Feb 01 | PC World | Hackers Can Expose Masked Surfers, Study Says A report on Steven Murdoch's recent PhD thesis. Steven responds on the Tor Blog. |
| 2007 Sep 21 | Wired HowTo Blog | Be a Whistleblower. Wired recommends Tor for whistleblowers who wish to remain anonymous. |
| 2007 Sep 16 | Cnet | Tor anonymity server admin arrested. A Tor exit node operator from Germany was arrested and then released once the police realized their mistake. Unfortunately, the hassle caused this operator to shut down the node. We have an Abuse FAQ for Tor Relay Operators, as well as a Legal FAQ for Tor Relay Operators with advice on how to handle such issues if you are operating a Tor relay. |
| 2007 Sep 10 | Wired |
Rogue Nodes Turn Tor Anonymizer Into Eavesdropper's Paradise Swedish computer security consultant Dan Egerstad monitored the traffic going through a Tor exit node he was running, then published unencrypted account and password information. Note that the better articles covering this event correctly indicate that this is not a security flaw or design problem with Tor - Tor provides anonymity, but does not encrypt anything going to or from an exit node. You must use SSL (https) while browsing to ensure end-to-end encryption. Also covered in The Inquirer, InfoWorld, The Sydney Morning Herald, Security Focus, ars technica, and many others. It was reported as early as August 31, 2007 on the Wired Blog, before Mr. Egerstad revealed that he had obtained the information via his Tor exit node. In the end, Mr. Egerstad was arrested, which was covered by The Register, The Sydney Morning Herald, ZDNet, and Wired Blog. |
| 2007 Jul 27 | Wired Blog | Cyber Jihadists Embrace Tor A pointer to a blog that posted screenshots of Arabic instructions on using Tor, ostensibly for jihadists. Make sure to read Shava Nerad's reply at the bottom of the article. |
| 2007 Jun 22 | Bangkok Post | The problems with censorship. Mentions anecdotes that "everyone" has Tor installed in Thailand to avoid censorship. |
| 2007 Mar 15 | World Changing |
Blogging Where Speech Isn’t Free Coverage of former Tor Executive Director Shava Nerad's participation at an SXSW panel, where she explained how Tor can help bloggers. |
| 2007 Mar 8 | Security Focus | Tor hack proposed to catch criminals. Coverage of a toolset called "Torment" for monitoring exit nodes, and responses from the Tor Project illustrating why this approach may not be a good idea. |
| 2007 Feb 1 | Dr Dobb's | Tor Project Protects Anonymous Sources. An introduction to Tor, including technical and historical background. |
| 2006 Oct 19 | Wired Threat Level | The Onion Router (TOR) is Leaky (Leeky). Explains why you need something like Privoxy in addition to the core Tor code to ensure your anonymity. If you use the Vidalia bundle, it installs and configures Privoxy automatically, but it can't hurt to understand why it is necessary. |
| 2006 Aug 18 | NPR | Tips for Protecting Privacy Online. Kevin Bankston of the EFF recommends Tor during an NPR interview. Tor information begins at 8:15 into the program. |
| 2006 Jul 5 | MSNBC | Defending liberties in high-tech world. Mentions EFF funding for Tor as one of its significant nonlitigation projects. |
| 2006 Feb 15 | Network Secure |
Tor: Anonymisierungswerkzeug entwickelt (German) |
| 2006 Feb 13 | Wall Street Journal |
Chinese Censors Of Internet Face 'Hacktivists' in U.S. Full article text can also be found here. |
| 2006 Jan 31 | Technology Review |
Evading the Google Eye |
| 2006 Jan 29 | New York Times |
How to Outwit the World's Internet Censors |
| 2006 Jan 23 | NPR Talk of the Nation |
Search Engines and Privacy Rights on the Web Xeni Jardin recommends Tor at 33:30 into the program. |
| 2006 Feb 15 | Punto Informatico |
TOR c'è (Italian) |
| 2006 Jan 20 | Wired |
How to Foil Search Engine Snoops |
| 2006 Jan 20 | NPR |
Google Records Subpoena Raises Privacy Fears |
| 2005 Sep 30 | Viva o Linux |
TOR: A Internet sem rastreabilidade (Portuguese) |
| 2005 Jul 12 | IEEE Computer Society's Technical Committee on Security and Privacy |
Onion routing application Tor makes PCWorld's top 100 |
| 2005 Jun 22 | The Unofficial Apple Blog |
Privacy Watch: Tor |
| 2005 Jun 10 | The New Zealand Herald |
China's internet censorship stranglehold can't last |
| 2005 Jun 8 | American Public Radio |
An Internet privacy tool called "Tor" |
| 2005 Jun 1 | PC World |
The 100 Best Products of 2005 Tor is ranked #40 on the list. |
| 2005 Jun 1 | Linux Weekly News |
A Look at The Onion Router (Tor) |
| 2005 May 22 | Slashdot |
Tor Anonymity Network Reaches 100 Verified Nodes |
| 2005 May 20 | Security.uz |
Tor - мощный анонимайзер для всех ОС (Russian) |
| 2005 May 19 | WebPlanet |
Tor: распределенная система анонимного серфинга (Russian) |
| 2005 May 17 | Wired |
Tor Torches Online Tracking Also available in Japanese. |
| 2005 May 17 | XBiz |
Navy Project Allows Anonymous Browsing |
| 2005 Apr 13 | Heise online |
CFP: Vom kafkaesken Schwinden der Anonymität (German) |
| 2005 Apr 5 | Libero |
Anonimato on line, ecco Tor (Italian) |
| 2005 Jan 4 | Internetnews |
EFF Throws Support to 'Anonymous' Internet Project |
| 2005 Mar 31 | Linux.com |
Securing your online privacy with Tor |
| 2004 Dec 27 | BoingBoing |
EFF helping produce anonymizing software |
| 2004 Dec 25 | Kansas City infozine |
EFF Joins Forces with Tor Software Project |
| 2004 Dec 23 | golem.de |
EFF unterstützt Anonymisierer Tor (German) |
| 2004 Dec 23 | SuicideGirls |
New Routing Software Allows Anonymous Internet Use |
| 2004 Dec 18 | P2Pnet |
EFF to sponsor Tor |
| 2004 Dec 22 | Slashdot |
EFF Promotes Freenet-like System Tor |
| 2004 Nov 16 | AlterNet |
Heavy Traffic |
| 2004 Aug 30 | Newsweek | Technology: Instant Security (no link) |
| 2004 Aug 16 | Eweek |
Don't Fear Internet Anonymity Tools |
| 2004 Aug 6 | HCC magazine |
Anoniem surfen met hulp van marine VS (Dutch) |
| 2004 Aug 6 | Golem |
Tor: Anonymisierer nutzt Onion-Routing |
| 2004 Aug 5 | Network World Security |
Onion routing |
| 2004 May 8 | Wired |
Onion Routing Averts Prying Eyes Also in Japanese. |
| 2004 Mar 8 | CNET Japan blog |
Yearning of hackers and insecurity (Japanese) |
| 1999 Apr 13 | Wired |
Anonymous Web Surfing? Uh-Uh |