Facebook adds in Tor support for anonymous browsing

[jamescv7]

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http://www.neowin.net/news/facebook-adds-in-tor-support-for-anonymous-browsing

Facebook has finally added Tor support - a godsend for people who want to browse the social media site, but who are worried about the potential privacy and security risks about browsing without a proxy.

The announcement was posted on their official blog yesterday by Alec Muffett, Facebook's Software Engineer for Security Infrastructure. According to Muffett, the site also embraced SSL on top of the Tor connection to best utilize the system with their infrastructure.

 

[akshay1189]

I think in light of the fact that government agencies probably capture more data on innocent citizens than they want to admit has brought Facebook to this point.
My belief is that Facebook will use my personal data to sell me things. That is their whole strategy. And even though the Guardian says the US government can detect Tor users, Facebook still wants to cater to a privacy-oriented crowd. Even so, what is using Tor with Facebook accomplishing? Hiding your location? That's about it.