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The "deep web" is not only home to shady online drug bazaars where you can exchange bitcoins for drugs, but also portals where whistleblowers can safely pass sensitive documents to journalists.
Now, it's also also home to Facebook.
The social network announced on Friday that it is now hosted directly on the Tor network to allow for an even more secure and private way to connect to Facebook.
People using Tor, software that allows for safe and anonymous web browsing, can now connect directly to Facebook using its new onion address (https://facebookcorewwwi.onion/), also known as a hidden service.
So, the URL https://facebookcorewwwi.onion/TorProject works.
Thank you, @TorProject :-)... fb.me/3qlFQgRB4
"It’s important to us at Facebook to provide methods for people to use our site securely," Alec Muffett, a Facebook security engineer, wrote in a post.
Runa Sandvik, a privacy and security researcher previously employed by the Tor Project, told Mashable that the idea of Facebook being hosted on the Tor network came during a conversation with Muffet.
Previously, users could use Tor to connect to Facebook.com, but they would run into a slew of issues — including getting locked out — because the connection would be routed around the world. Thus, it would appear as though a user was connecting from an unusual location, which Facebook treats as a red flag indicating an account has been hacked.
Now, however, you can log on and register on Facebook over Tor using the .onion site without running into these issues, according to Sandvik. "It does provide another level of protection for users who are already using Tor to log on to Facebook."
Connections to Facebook's .onion URL are also end-to-end encrypted, making it harder for hackers, spies or government officials to see what users' actions on the social network.
While some reacted with irony, noting that Facebook is usually not the greatest friend to privacy, others applauded the move.
Least private network ever now available over most private network ever. facebook.com/notes/protect-…
Facebook's announcement comes just a few weeks after the company's latest privacy controversy. In Septmeber, some LGBT users complained of Facebook's real-name policy was preventing them from using the network with the name they identify with — even if it's not their legal one. After the uproar, Facebook apologized and hinted that it was going to change the policy.
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