Facebook create secure login for anonymous users – Dagbladet.no

(Dagbladet): Facebook has received much criticism for its privacy practices through time.

Therefore, it surprised many when the company today could state that they provide anonymous web users an opportunity to remain anonymous also on Facebook.

They have created a special link adapted to the Tor network, writes The Guardian.

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Tor (short for Tor Onion Router) is the name of the software and infrastructure used by many to achieve anonymity and bypass censorship on the Internet.

– It is important for us that Facebook can provide methods for the safe use of our website, writes Alec Muffet, who works with security for Facebook, in a post on the social networking site.

Users must still log in using his own name, and will not be anonymous on the web, but this login ensures that they can protect their identity and geographical location for others.

This may be particularly relevant for activists in countries with strict censorship and repressive regimes.

Do not load correctly

People who have downloaded Tor software has indeed able to use Facebook until now, but according to The Verge has not since always been loaded properly and sometimes not at all .

Now users of the Tor network using url https: //facebookcorewwwi.onion/ for secure login on Facebook.

This is the first time a website with a CA certificate has offered secure login for Tor users.

Facebook has recently announced several measures to increase security and anonymity to users, which make it possible to login with your Facebook profile anonymous third-party applications. Previously, such a log made it possible for the developers of the app to collect information about you.