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[Update] Comcast Denies Threatening To Disconnect Users Of Ultra-Private Browser

[Update] Comcast Denies Threatening To Disconnect Users Of Ultra-Private Browser

Tor is a specialized web browser: its target audience is the very security-minded user, someone who wants to stay private and anonymous. That includes all kinds of folks, from tech writers to, well, some people who have a strong and vested interest in law enforcement not knowing what they’re up to. The browser boasts over a million users now, but Comcast seems to be of the opinion that it knows what every one of those people are up to, that they are up to no good, and that Comcast has the right to cut off their web service for using it. [More]