The word Tor is derived from the acronym for the original software project name, “The Onion Router” (TOR). Naval Research Laboratory for military purposes to anonymize emails, today it is the most popular software available for browsing the Internet anonymously. It is free, effective, and does not require very much technical knowledge to set up. Tor is built as a modified version of the Firefox browser. It uses Onion routing, which is a scheme based on layered encryption, to hide TCP traffic. Tor hides information such as the user’s activity and location from entities conducting network surveillance or doing traffic analysis.īy default, it enables continuous private browsing mode. In fact, Tor has become one of the keys to accessing the Dark Web. Tor’s anonymity traits make it popular among journalists, whistleblowers and political dissidents and make it attractive to malicious actors, as well.
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