http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29879851
- Facebook has created the ability for users to connect directly to the social network via anonymising "dark web" service Tor.
- Users would still need to log-in, using real-name credentials, to access the site.
- Accounts were being wrongly locked out.
- Facebook, along with other major web companies, is currently pushing for permission to be more transparent over government requests it receives.
- Can log into Facebook without giving Facebook your location
Facebook has created the ability for users to connect directly to the social network via anonymising "dark web" service Tor. While it was already possible to access Facebook via Tor, the new set-up means all data is encrypted and Tor users are not mistaken for hacked accounts. Users could access the site "without losing the cryptographic protections" of Tor, Facebook said. It may appeal to people in places where the network is blocked. Facebook is the first Silicon Valley giant to provide official support for Tor, a network built to allow people to visit web pages without being tracked and to publish sites whose contents would not show up in search engines. Tor is a network that anonymises users. One of the key ways it does this is by routing internet traffic through several locations - making it hard to track down where the user is browsing from.In my opinion this move form Facebook was good as we as consumers don't have to give our location of were we accessed the Internet or give them our browsing habits. We achieve nothing from it and Facebook are racking in loads of advertising money from details being sold to third party companies. Although this will increase the chances of suspicious activity like stalking people down, Facebook will not be able to cooperate with the police to track and find where the user logged in from as the location is covered using a proxy by the Tor client.
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