Tor: An Anonymous, and Controversial, Way to Web-Surf
For more than four years, William Weber has helped run a free service called Tor that makes Web surfing anonymous for anyone.
Then on Nov. 28, the police showed up at the 20-year-old’s home in Graz, Austria, and accused him of distributing child pornography. He says the authorities confiscated his computers, and he now awaits formal charges that could lead to jail time.