LAS VEGAS: The US Department of Defence did not receive personal data on users of Internet privacy service Tor through a government-funded project to detect vulnerabilities, a Defence spokeswoman told Reuters on Tuesday.
"This particular project was focused on identifying vulnerabilities in Tor, not to collect data that would reveal personal identities of users," said Defence Department spokeswoman Lieutenant Colonel Valerie Henderson, adding that the National Security Agency also did not receive data.
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