Friday 18 March 2011

To Tor or not to Tor? That is a question for all Netizens after Lamo entered the equation


What is Tor? Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security known as traffic analysis….. Journalists use Tor to communicate more safely with whistleblowers and dissidents. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) use Tor to allow their workers to connect to their home website while they're in a foreign country, without notifying everybody nearby that they're working with that organization.

Sounds good doesn’t it? So who is likely to allow their computer network to be used as a vehicle to protect the electronic communications of whistleblowers and dissidents?

http://www.setecastronomy.org/ This is a Tor Exit Node It is distinctly likely that you are reading this because you had some issue with the traffic coming from this IP address. This machine is part of the Tor Anonymity Network, which is dedicated to providing privacy to people who need it most:- ordinary computer users - i.e. people like you......Email address: adrian@setecastronomy.org

Who Is Domain Tools for IP 74.82.57.190

Domain ID:D156926562-LROR

Domain Name:SETECASTRONOMY.ORG

Created On:21-Aug-2009 14:30:14 UTC

Last Updated On:18-Nov-2010 21:14:19 UTC

Expiration Date:21-Aug-2011 14:30:14 UTC

Sponsoring Registrar:Gandi SAS (R42-LROR)

Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED

Registrant ID:0-1658357-GANDI

Registrant Name:Adrian Lamo

Registrant Organization:Reality Planning LLC

Registrant Street1:108 WEST 13TH STREET.......

Registrant City:Wilmington

Registrant State/Province:Delaware

Registrant Postal Code:19801-1145

Registrant Country:US

Registrant Phone:+1.2023707750.......

Registrant Email:adrian@2600.com

Admin ID:AL4741-GANDI

Admin Name:Adrian Lamo

Admin Organization:SETEC ASTRONOMY, a RPL company

Admin Street1:PO Box 339.......

Admin City:Carmichael.....

Admin Postal Code:95609-0339

Admin Country:US

Admin Phone:+1.8889201981.....

Admin FAX:+1.7172831658.......

Adrian Lamo? Really? Isn’t he the onetime hacker who informed on 'whistleblower' Bradley Manning (U.S. serviceman who sent copies of U.S. diplomatic cables to Wikileaks) and, isn’t Manning now confined to military prison and allegedly subject to torture?

Oh, Tor – not exactly the best testament. But then what can one expect from an anonymity network apparently originally sponsored by the US Naval Research Laboratory and probably intended by intelligence agencies to act as a sometime honey trap at their convenience?

Adrian Lamo in his own words:

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