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Tor HTTP usage and Information Leakage

Abstract- This paper analyzes the web browsing behaviour of Tor users. By collecting HTTP requests we show which websites are of interest to Tor users and we determined an upper bound on how vulnerable Tor users are to sophisticated de-anonymization attacks: up to 78 % of the Tor users do not use Tor as suggested […]

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Facebook: A security and privacy nightmare?

Apparently Facebook decided to open-up profiles to the public yet a little further in future, read more at this blog entry. So whilst a plethora of security research highlights how broken this service really is, Facebook keeps on exposing more private information to third-parties on a sneaky opt-out basis. Want to catch up how broken […]

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PASSAT-09 in Vancouver

Just arrived yesterday in Vancouver. The PASSAT-09 conference is quite nice so far and I gave my presentation today (“con mucha mierda” – Javier). I’m still tired from the trip and will hopefully post some pictures from Canada soon. Update: The conference was great and I met some interesting people, below are some snapshots from […]