Tor is a free, open source software for enabling anonymous communication. In addition, websites accessible only when using the Tor browser exist, and are part of the dark web ecosystem – the name given to the part of the internet that is hidden from the average user. In this recipe, we will deanonymize Tor traffic by collecting enough features and information from individual sessions to be able to identify the activity of anonymized users. This recipe utilizes the conmarap/website-fingerprinting repository.
Deanonymizing Tor using machine learning
Getting ready
You will now be guided through the steps needed to set up Tor and the Lynx web browser:
- Set up an Ubuntu VM.
- Install git in the Terminal by running the...