Tor is more popular than ever in our security-minded world

Following the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, Tor is offering a communications lifeline to the oppressed.

A number of messaging services continue to tout their security as assured through encryption. But in a world where some of those services, like Telegram, flip-flop on their privacy policies, security-conscious people are hunting out tools like Tor, the anonymous communications network, says Pavel Zoneff, director of strategic communications at the Tor Project.