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First library to support anonymous Internet browsing effort stops after DHS e-mail | Ars Technica

12.9.15

First library to support anonymous Internet browsing effort stops after DHS e-mail | Ars Technica: In July, the Kilton Public Library in Lebanon, New Hampshire, was the first library in the country to become part of the anonymous Web surfing service Tor. The library allowed Tor users around the world to bounce their Internet traffic through the library, thus masking users' locations. Soon after, state authorities received an e-mail about it from an agent at the Department of Homeland Security.

"The Department of Homeland Security got in touch with our Police Department," said Sean Fleming, the library director of the Lebanon Public Libraries.

After a meeting at which local police and city officials discussed how Tor could be exploited by criminals, the library pulled the plug on the project. "Right now we're on pause," said Fleming. "We really weren't anticipating that there would be any controversy at all."


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