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Anonymizing Tools and CSAM Investigation

The impact of anonymizing tools such as VPNs and Tor on the investigation of child sexual abuse material (CSAM)

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Jan 15, 2026
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How do anonymizing tools like VPNs and Tor affect law enforcement's ability to find CSAM viewers?

Anonymizing tools such as Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and Tor materially complicate investigators’ ability to trace where child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is viewed, shared, or hosted by obscuri...

Feb 2, 2026

Can VPNs, Tor, or anonymizing tools prevent investigators from tracing IP addresses in CSAM cases?

and other anonymizing tools can conceal a user’s visible IP address from the sites they visit, but they do not offer absolute immunity in investigations of ; investigators routinely combine traffic an...