11KM: the tagesschau podcast · With "Tor" into the Darknet: From criminals to the free press · Podcast in the ARD Audiothek

Published on October 15, 2024

“Tor” is actually supposed to protect everyone: whistleblowers, people who pass on system-critical information to journalists in government-censored countries, and press representatives themselves. This secure communication is at least the basic idea of ​​the anonymization network. But criminals abuse this anonymity. This drives German investigative authorities to the places on the Internet that have been crucial for investigative journalism for years. 11KM about a dilemma, in the middle of Hamburg's Press Freedom Week. Daniel Moßbrucker, a freelance journalist specializing in surveillance and data protection on the Internet, researched this. In this 11KM episode, we delve with him into the question of how anonymous the anonymization network “Tor” still is. Daniel's research for STRG_F and Panorama, which he did together with Robert Bongen from NDR, can be found on tagesschau.de here: https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/panorama/tor-netzwerk-100.html ... and directly on Panorama here: https://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/sendungen/panorama/aktuell/Anonymisierungsdienst-Tor-angreifbar-Snowden-Effekt-verpufft,tor192.html#:~:text=Dem%20BKA%20gelang%20es%20im%20Ermittlungsverfahren%20gegen%20die (Anonymization service Tor vulnerable: Snowden effect fizzles out NDR.de - Television - Programs A-Z - Panorama - Reports) The "Boystown" case, which got everything rolling, can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs0-8ZwZgwIn (Pedophile forum Boystown: This is how Andreas G. acted. STRG_F - YouTube .) You can find more information about the controversial customer surveillance at the Téléfonica concert here: https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/panorama/telefonueberwachung-telefonica--bka-ermittlungen-paedokriminelle-100.html (Investigations against pedophiles - o2 customers temporarily monitored tagesschau.de) And if you want to take a closer look at the program for Hamburg's Press Freedom Week, click here: https://www.pressefreiheit.hamburg/ Last but not least, check out “Wendehausen”, our podcast tip: https://1.ard.de/wendehausen . You can find this and many other episodes of 11KM wherever there are podcasts, including here in the ARD Audiothek: https://www.ardaudiothek.de/sendung/11km-der-tagesschau-podcast/12200383/ The following people were involved in this episode: Episode author: Lisa Hentschel Collaboration: Julius Bretzel Production: Laura Picerno, Christiane Gerheuser-Kamp and Alexander Gerhardt. Editorial management: Fumiko Lipp and Lena Gürtler 11KM: the tagesschau podcast is produced by BR24 and NDR Info. The editorial responsibility for this episode lies with BR.

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