Onion services
E555944
Onion services are anonymous, end-to-end encrypted network services accessible only through the Tor network, designed to protect the privacy and location of both users and service operators.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Onion services canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5921710 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Onion services Context triple: [The Tor Project, develops, Onion services]
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A.
The Tor Project
The Tor Project is a nonprofit organization that develops and maintains privacy-focused tools—most notably the Tor anonymity network—to enable secure, uncensored communication online.
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B.
Tor
Tor is a masculine given name of Norse origin, commonly used in Scandinavian countries and derived from the name of the Norse thunder god Thor.
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C.
FreedomBox
FreedomBox is a free, open-source personal server system designed to empower users with privacy-respecting, self-hosted internet services and greater control over their digital communications.
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D.
Mozilla VPN
Mozilla VPN is a privacy-focused virtual private network service developed by the Mozilla Foundation, known for its emphasis on security, transparency, and user rights.
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E.
Teredo
Teredo is a tunneling protocol that enables IPv6 connectivity for devices on IPv4 networks, particularly those behind NAT.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Onion services Target entity description: Onion services are anonymous, end-to-end encrypted network services accessible only through the Tor network, designed to protect the privacy and location of both users and service operators.
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A.
The Tor Project
The Tor Project is a nonprofit organization that develops and maintains privacy-focused tools—most notably the Tor anonymity network—to enable secure, uncensored communication online.
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B.
Tor
Tor is a masculine given name of Norse origin, commonly used in Scandinavian countries and derived from the name of the Norse thunder god Thor.
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C.
FreedomBox
FreedomBox is a free, open-source personal server system designed to empower users with privacy-respecting, self-hosted internet services and greater control over their digital communications.
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D.
Mozilla VPN
Mozilla VPN is a privacy-focused virtual private network service developed by the Mozilla Foundation, known for its emphasis on security, transparency, and user rights.
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E.
Teredo
Teredo is a tunneling protocol that enables IPv6 connectivity for devices on IPv4 networks, particularly those behind NAT.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tor feature
ⓘ
network service ⓘ privacy-enhancing technology ⓘ |
| accessibleVia |
Tor Browser
ⓘ
linked to:
The Tor Project
Tor client ⓘ |
| addressFormat | base32-encoded public key plus .onion suffix ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
.onion services
ⓘ
hidden services ⓘ |
| canBeUsedFor |
forums
ⓘ
journalism sources ⓘ marketplaces ⓘ mirrors of clearnet sites ⓘ secure dropboxes ⓘ whistleblowing platforms ⓘ |
| designedFor |
censorship resistance
ⓘ
privacy protection ⓘ server anonymity ⓘ user anonymity ⓘ |
| doesNotProtectAgainst |
compromised endpoints
ⓘ
malware on client ⓘ operational security mistakes ⓘ |
| managedBy | The Tor Project ⓘ |
| notAccessibleVia |
clearnet
ⓘ
standard web browsers without Tor ⓘ |
| provides |
anonymous communication
ⓘ
end-to-end encryption ⓘ location hiding ⓘ |
| replaced | v2 onion services ⓘ |
| supports |
APIs
ⓘ
SSH access ⓘ file-sharing services ⓘ messaging services ⓘ websites ⓘ |
| supportsVersion | v3 onion services ⓘ |
| threatModelIncludes |
censorship
ⓘ
network surveillance ⓘ traffic analysis ⓘ |
| uses |
introduction points
ⓘ
multi-hop circuits ⓘ onion routing ⓘ public key cryptography ⓘ rendezvous points ⓘ self-authenticating addresses ⓘ |
| usesDomainSuffix | .onion ⓘ |
| usesNetwork |
Tor network
ⓘ
linked to:
The Tor Project
|
| v2DeprecationAnnouncedBy | The Tor Project ⓘ |
| v2DeprecationCompletedIn | 2021 ⓘ |
| v3Features |
improved directory protocol
ⓘ
longer addresses ⓘ stronger cryptography ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Onion services Description of subject: Onion services are anonymous, end-to-end encrypted network services accessible only through the Tor network, designed to protect the privacy and location of both users and service operators.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.