Facebook Launches Tor Link, Wraps It In Encryption by Issuing SSL Certificate

  • 31 October 2014
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Facebook issued a SSL certificate for Tor implementation
By Gabriela Vatu on October 31st, 2014 Well, well, well, looks like Facebook is taking a huge step for those who want to remain anonymous on the platform by adding a way for people to use Tor to access the social network directly.
Anyone with a Tor-enabled web browser can visit https://facebookcorewwwi.onion/ to get in the social network’s servers that provide end-to-end encryption.

Facebook’s Alec Muffett, software engineer for Security Infrastructure, explains that it’s important for folks over at Facebook to provide methods for people to use the site securely. People can connect to Facebook in many different ways, which is one of the reasons they have implemented HTTPS across the service, and Perfect Forward Secrecy, HSTS, and other technologies which helps give people more confidence that they are securely connected to Facebook.  Full Article

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