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It no secret that everybody thinking about privacy and cyber security more since the world was pummeled with the unsettling, spy-novel truths of the Snowden revelations. Now, companies are starting to seize onto the zeitgeist by building more secure tools for the internet. And it sounds like Tor will be at the front of that line. The Tor anonymity network is in talks with 8220 everal major tech companies about integrating its technology into their software, according to the Daily Dot. One of those
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