Yeah right, you’re really anonymous on that network

Opinion
Feb 1, 20081 min

From our sister publication, Techworld:

Anonymity systems designed to allow users to carry out actions on the Internet without identifying themselves can often be cracked with a bit of unorthodox thinking, according to a Cambridge researcher.

Stephen Murdoch, a researcher in the University of Cambridge’s Security Group, outlined a number of different anonymity-cracking techniques in a recently published PhD thesis. Read more.

Also, read NW columnist Scott Bradner’s latest on privacy issues: Anonymity as a Thing of the Past