- November 3, 2014
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Company Facebook allowed access to their social network and services via a secured network Tor.
Users and earlier use Tor to enter the social network “Facebook”, but at the same time they have faced a number of problems.
One of the most common problems was a ban on access to the account because of the diversion of traffic to servers in different countries of the world – “Facebook “perceived input into account through such a connection as an attempt to break.
Now, users can easily register in the” Facebook “and enter in your account when you connect through Tor.
According to the developers, the ability Use “Facebook” via Tor does complicate surveillance of users. This seriously hampers the identification of both the fact of the use of social networks and interception upload or download data.
Among the countries that tried to block user access to the “Facebook” – China, Iran, North Korea and Cuba. These same countries are trying to deal with Tor.
The company Facebook – the first giant of Silicon Valley, to provide access to their services through Tor.
Tor provides anonymity network connection, excluding interception of data and identification of people are strangers. Anonymity traffic is achieved by a distributed network of servers. Each user request passes through three random server, thereby excluded the possibility to link it with the IP-address of the site that he visits, or content that it sends and receives.
Not complete anonymity
Technology anonymization of users on the network which is based Tor, was developed by Research Laboratory Navy USA. These studies are funded by the State Department today.
The innovation of Facebook, is expected to be popular, especially among those who do not want their whereabouts and queries can be monitored.
Steve Murdoch University College London (UCL), to which the company Facebook seek advice about this step, explained BBC BBC that social network users still need to be registered under his real name.
“It is difficult to use the social network completely anonymously, it is contrary to the idea of the social network itself,” – says Murdoch.
“But the fact that the user has access to social networks should disclose his name, quite does not mean that you can keep track of its location and search habits, “- he said.
For complete anonymity, a special service at https: //facebookcorewwwi.onion/, which can be opened in a browser Tor. Formerly part of the Internet traffic could go beyond the closed network, potentially opening the possibility to obtain information on the whereabouts of the user and some other data.
Murdoch does not agree with the opinion that the new service will displease the authorities of the countries that regularly turn to Facebook with requests for information about the users.
“The point is not to protect people from governments. It is about the protection of those who are trying to intercept data, whether criminals or marketers” – he explains.
Profiles frozen
Facebook and several other large Internet companies are trying to get permission to be more transparent about the information requested by governments.
Access to the “Facebook” through Tor was possible before, but this process could not be called smooth.
Tor provides anonymity of users, in particular, by redirecting traffic through multiple servers, but this method creates problems when using the “Facebook”. Social Network uses the user’s location for its authentication. If a user comes to your profile from another country, for example, go on vacation, the site often causes him to answer additional questions.
“Tor is designed so that the good people of Australia they will be considered in our the system as a user, who is, for example, in Sweden or in Canada – said the expert from Facebook Alec Muffet, who engaged in the integration of social networks in Tor. – As a result, the site may find that the profile of the person hacked by hackers who use to access the botnet. To Tor as this behavior is normal “.
As a result, some sections were frozen.
Other problems when using the” Facebook “through Tor include incorrect transfer fonts.
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