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'''Tor Mail''' is a former [[Tor (anonymity network)#Hidden services|Tor hidden service]] that went offline in August 2013 after an FBI raid on [[Freedom Hosting]]. The service allowed users to send and receive [[email]] anonymously, to [[email address]]es inside and outside the [[Tor (anonymity network)|Tor network]].

== Offline ==
A message appeared on the Tor Mail main page in early August 2013, saying "Down for Maintenance Sorry, This server is currently offline for maintenance. Please try again in a few hours." Since August 2013, the service has been unavailable. The disappearance of Tor Mail has been linked to the arrest on [[child pornography]] charges of the alleged operator of [[Freedom Hosting]], which hosted a large number of [[.onion]] sites. In September 2013, the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] admitted in a court filing in [[Dublin]] that it had taken down Freedom Hosting. In January 2014 it was confirmed that FBI has access to Tor Mail servers.

== History ==
Tor Mail provided web mail access with two [[webmail]] applications to choose from, one fully functional [[Ajax (programming)|ajax-based]], and one simple client which required no [[javascript]] or [[HTTP cookie|cookies]]. The user could also access mail via [[SMTP]], [[POP3]] or [[IMAP]] with an [[email client]]. The user signed up and accessed Tor Mail via the [[Tor hidden service]] and needed to have [[Tor (anonymity network)|Tor]] software installed on a computer to access Tor hidden services. Users were not required to provide any identifying information such as their name or address.

Tor Mail's goal was to provide completely anonymous and private communications to anyone who needed it.
The service providers said that they were [[Anonymity|anonymous]] and could not be forced to reveal anything about a Tor Mail user. They also said that the service did not cooperate with anyone attempting to identify or censor a Tor Mail user.

Tor Mail's service consisted of several servers, the hidden service, and an incoming and outgoing internet facing mail servers. The site's operators said that the only data stored on the [[hard drive]] of those servers was the [[Exim|Exim mail server]] and the Tor software. "No emails, logs or personal data were stored on those servers, thus it doesn't matter if they are seized or shut down." They claimed to be prepared to quickly replace any relay that was taken offline. The service and SMTP/IMAP/POP3 were on a hidden server completely separate from the relays. The relays did not know the [[IP address]] of the hidden service.

In January 2016, it was claimed that innocent TorMail users may have also been hacked by the FBI.

== See also ==
* [[Anonymous remailer]]
* [[.onion|.onion domain]]
* [[Crypto-anarchism]]
* [[Internet privacy]]

==Source==

[http://wikipedia.org/ http://wikipedia.org/]
[[Category:Anonymity and security]]
[[Category:Social network]]

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