Tor

Project Summary: In collaboration with the other CryptoParty group, the three members of the Ethics team disseminated information about how to use and access different encryption techniques. While this was the main goal of the EFF conference booth, the Ethics team was responsible for mentioning how software such as Tor grants the user much more freedom to explore the "shallow" and "deep" internet, without fear of being surveilled.

The internet was developed as a virtual world where you could exist behind a screen and no one could be sure who was on the other end. Now, an argument rages over whether anonymity should be allowed on the internet anymore. Encompassing the realms of privacy and publicness, the amount of anonymity a person has while existing behind their computer defines their internet identity. By extension, the amount of anonymity a person is given in any certain sphere of the internet allows opportunies for abuse, and changes exactly what the internet stands for.