Tor story: Parliamentary briefing note claims Tor may have reduced real-world crime

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Online security tool Tor provides an alternative to real-world crime, argues Parliamentary note

A Parliamentary briefing note has suggested that the Tor network, the encrypted connection to the internet maintained by an open source project, has helped to reduce crime by providing an online re...

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