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How to use tor for your protection
1 point by XtianahA on Jan 22, 2015 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment
Gazing through my window into the digital world of internet security, here's what I found:

- Tor (an acronym for "the onion router") is a free software that enables on-line anonymity. You can hide your identity and surf the internet secretly so your activities can't be discovered by anyone (yeah, including the government).

- Tor encrypts and then randomly bounces communications through a network of relays run by volunteers around the globe.

- Bad guys can use tor to do evil but good guys (like you and I) can use tor to fight crime.

- The more good guys that use tor, the more we can eliminate crime and build a safe digital world.

- Join the league of crime fighting developers and help keep the Universe safe by joining Tor volunteers.

(https://www.torproject.org/getinvolved/volunteer.html.en)

NOTE: I'm not in anyway affiliated to tor, just a fellow hacker out to save the world!




Tor is not 100% safe, as every system it has breaches. If you want to use it you must know that depending on which router/proxy your data travel the response may be very slow. Safety has a price and even if Tor is not perfect and a fully safe way to use the net it is more safe than any other public protection.




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