#340 – Chris Tarbell: FBI Agent Who Took Down Silk Road
Lex Fridman Podcast
Unraveling Tor: Privacy, Anonymity, and Law Enforcement
This chapter explores the Tor Project's origins, its implications for privacy and anonymity online, and the challenges it poses for law enforcement. The speakers discuss the ethical dilemmas surrounding user activities on the Tor network, including child exploitation, alongside the complexities of government surveillance and free speech. They also analyze the Silk Road case, detailing the methods investigators used to penetrate the dark web's layers of security and anonymity.
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