The Secret History of Tor — How a U.S. Military Project Became the Internet’s Shield

It began inside the U.S. Naval Research Lab — a tool designed to protect spies and secret communications. But that same technology, known as Tor, would escape its classified origins to become one of the most powerful privacy networks in the world.

Based on The MIT Press Reader’s feature “The Secret History of Tor: How a Military Project Became a Lifeline for Privacy” by Ben Collier, this episode of The Long Cut uncovers how a government invention meant to control information turned into a global fight for anonymity.

From Cold War secrecy to hacker activism, this is the untold story of how the internet’s most controversial privacy tool became both a sanctuary for freedom — and a refuge for the dark.

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