ASAP project

Abstract—Despite the enactment of several privacy laws by the governments of several nations,

achieving user privacy on the Internet has remained elusive, primarily due to the conflicting

objectives of the stakeholders, i.e., users, web-based service providers, represented primarily by

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and governments. Internet usage data is still collected by ISPs

and in certain jurisdictions is mandated by law, even with the inherent risk of possible data

breaches that this brings. Data breaches have become very common nowadays and have affected several large renowned organizations and are likely to occur again in the future. To this end, it is not uncommon to find certain users resorting to the user of peer-to-peer anonymity services like Tor. According to Tor metrics, at least 2 million people use Tor on a daily basis. This number would probably be higher if more users were aware of online privacy risks and were tech-savvy enough to install it on their systems.

ASP

Rif. progetto: #17842233

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