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SUMMARY:A biography of Tor - a cultural and technological history of power
 \, privacy\, and global politics at the internet's core - Ben Collier\, Un
 iversity of Edinburgh
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CONTACT:Hridoy Sankar Dutta
DESCRIPTION:In the seminar\, Dr Ben Collier will introduce the new book\, 
 Tor: From the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy (MIT Press\, 2024).\n\n*SP
 EAKERS*\n* Chair: Prof Alice Hutchings\n* Speaker 1: Dr Ben Collier\n* Spe
 aker 2: Professor Steven Murdoch\n\n5:00pm\, 26th April 2024\nLT2 - Willia
 m Gates Building\n15 JJ Thomson Avenue\, Cambridge\, CB3 0FD\n\nA biograph
 y of Tor - a cultural and technological history of power\, privacy\, and g
 lobal politics at the internet's core.\nTor\, one of the most important an
 d misunderstood technologies of the digital age\, is best known as the inf
 rastructure underpinning the so-called Dark Web. But the real 'dark web\,'
  when it comes to Tor\, is the hidden history brought to light in this boo
 k: where this complex and contested infrastructure came from\, why it exis
 ts\, and how it connects with global power in intricate and intimate ways.
  In Tor: From the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy\, Ben Collier has writ
 ten\, in essence\, a biography of Tor - a cultural and technological histo
 ry of power\, privacy\, politics\, and empire in the deepest reaches of th
 e internet.\n\nThe story of Tor begins in the 1990s with its creation by t
 he US Navy's Naval Research Lab\, from a convergence of different cultural
  worlds. Drawing on in-depth interviews with designers\, developers\, acti
 vists\, and users\, along with twenty years of mailing lists\, design docu
 ments\, reporting\, and legal papers\, Collier traces Tor's evolution from
  those early days to its current operation on the frontlines of global dig
 ital power - including the strange collaboration between US military scien
 tists and a group of freewheeling hackers called the Cypherpunks. As Colli
 er charts the rise and fall of three different cultures in Tor's diverse c
 ommunity - the engineers\, the maintainers\, and the activists\, each with
  a distinct understanding of and vision for Tor - he reckons with Tor's co
 mplicated\, changing relationship with contemporary US empire. Ultimately\
 , the book reveals how different groups of users have repurposed Tor and b
 uilt new technologies and worlds of their own around it\, with profound im
 plications for the future of the Internet.\n\nThe link for registration is
  (essential for those attending online) is: https://forms.gle/3o5Mjz8MevwE
 cbpc9 \n\nZoom link: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/86325192347?pwd=RTB0Vm85e
 XdMbmF5TnV4ZXdOWllYQT09
LOCATION:Online & LT2\, Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Building.
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