Tor is a toolset for organizations and people that want to improve their safety and security on the Internet. Using Tor can help you anonymize Web browsing and publishing, instant messaging, IRC, SSH, and other applications that use the TCP protocol. Tor also provides a platform on which software developers can build new applications with built-in anonymity, safety, and privacy features.
Communications are bounced around a distributed network of servers, called onion routers. Instead of taking a direct route from source to destination, data packets on the Tor network take a random pathway through several servers that cover your tracks so no observer at any single point can tell where the data came from or where it's going. This makes it hard for recipients, observers, and even the onion routers themselves to figure out who and where you are. Tor's technology aims to provide Internet users with protection against "traffic analysis," a form of network surveillance that threatens personal anonymity and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security.
Yes
Reviewing 2.2.35-12 (May 18, 2012)
It was created by MIL , DoD , not by pedophiles , who said that is an ignorant .
It's a powerful network to circumvent censorship and tyrant oppression ,
to its programmers :
thanks very much for all the job that you make .
Reviewing 2.2.35-12 (May 17, 2012)
Tor and its derivatives, forks, and other ancillary programs (Opera Tor, XeroBank, etc.), along with anything that sincerely works in the name of protecting user privacy and security online and off, should be categorized as Essentialware. Those who decry its (legitimate!) use as good for nothing but good-for-nothings obviously don't see the necessity of protecting one's privacy and user choice online, especially if one is in a repressive environment such as China, the Middle East, or Russia (and more so everyday, the U.$. of A-holes). Know that no system or innovation is perfect, and just about anything can be used for ill-gotten gains; keep in mind this quote from the man whose likeness is (ironically) printed on so many bank notes held by the powers that be, at least in the land of the (formerly) free and the home of the slaves --
"Those who would sacrifice the good of liberty for the price of security deserve neither liberty nor security." --Benjamin Franklin
Everyone should RTFM before using this, though. To paraphrase good old Mick & Keith, it's just a click away -- torproject.org is where you'll find everything you ever wanted to know about Tor but were afraid/reluctant/etc. to ask.
One word of recommendation: I would advise folks to check out the new Tor fork known as Obfsproxy -- it's a modification of the original Tor Portable with Firefox, along with a secondary proxy application known as Obfs (for "obfuscation") Proxy. It's not yet available in the regular (installable) Tor distribution, and is still in beta stages, but it is worth a try:
torproject.org/projects/obfsproxy.html.en
Also have a look-see at (and please do your best to support!) the numerous other projects that are underway with the interest of protecting user privacy: Duck Duck Go, RiseUp.net, A/I Collective, TAILS (The Amnesiac Incognito Live System, a specialized Debian Live CD configured for use with Tor), and I2P, among others. Educate yourselves, and realize first and foremost that the software is only as effective as the person(s) using it.
Now boldly go where no onion (not even the eponymous fake news outlet) has ever gone before.
Reviewing 2.2.35-11 (May 7, 2012)
@YStevaert,
You sound like the Canadian (and US for that matter) government, "let us take away all of you privacy and freedoms to protect a minuscule demographic from 0.001% of the population." Brilliant!!
These updates are to try and resolve an issue with new firefox releases and haven't effected anything else you might be using it for
Reviewing 2.2.35-11 (May 5, 2012)
M4ever, look dude. Don't get cute. The other software in my security array 'just works'. So should this. First of all, it doesn't work, and has lousy documentation. That's what I'm saying. If you want to get all preachy and philosophical about it, tell it to the trees, douchebag.
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