Tor onion routing
Tor, enrutamiento cebolla anónimo
- Date
- 2002 · confidence high
- Place
- Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D.C., United States
- Credited to
- Paul Syverson, Michael Reed and David Goldschlag (NRL); Roger Dingledine and Nick Mathewson (Tor)
- People
- 👤 Michael Reed1929–2022👤 Nick Mathewson👤 Paul Syverson1958–👤 Roger Dingledine1977–
- Field
- Communication
What it is
Network that encrypts traffic in layers and bounces it through several volunteer nodes to hide origin and destination. It protects dissidents and journalists and hosts the dark web.
What it led to
- Online anonymity and leak journalism (WikiLeaks, Snowden)
- Dark web black markets (Silk Road)
- The tension between privacy, surveillance and law enforcement
Built on
Made possible
- dark web
- cryptocurrency markets
- SecureDrop