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NationalPublicData.com Hack Exposes a Nation’s Data

Krebs on Security

1, 2002 (with very few exceptions). Identity theft and new account fraud is not a problem that gets easier to solve by letting it fester. Americans currently have very few rights to opt out of the personal and financial surveillance, data collection and sale that is pervasive in today’s tech-based economy.

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The Origins and History of the Dark Web

Identity IQ

2002 – 2006: Origins of the Tor Project After onion routing was patented, additional computer scientists joined the original development team in 2002 and created the biggest project for onion routing yet: The Onion Routing Project, now commonly known as the Tor Project. Navy patented onion routing in 1998.