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Tor says it’s "still safe" amid reports of police deanonymizing users(www.bleepingcomputer.com)

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h4lf8yte@lemmy.ml
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As I read, they used timing analysis which should be preventable by using an anonymous VPN to connect to tor and streaming something over the VPN connection at the same time. Some of them support multi-hop, like mullvad, which will further complicate the timing analysis because of the aggregated traffic.

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hate2bme@lemmy.world
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How do you get an anonymous VPN? I see mullvad has a pay in cash option. Is that how?

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Katzastrophe@feddit.org
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You literally put the money + a piece of paper with your account number into an envelope and mail it to them

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h4lf8yte@lemmy.ml
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Yes exactly and some providers also accept crypto.

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qwerty@discuss.tchncs.de
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Mullvad accepts monero, that’s probably the most convenient way to pay for it anonymously.

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hate2bme@lemmy.world
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I forgot about that.

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