Hide Your Private Internet Activities Using TOR: The Anonymous Browser

 

--Tor : The Anonymous Browser--

Do you think you are really safe when you are connected to the internet? Well you are not until and unless you use something that hides you from the world. We may not realize but we are much vulnerable to theft. I mean that our privacy may not be private anymore. You don’t know but hackers are always ready to attack you as soon as they get a chance. They can steal anything they want from your system and you won’t have any clue of it.

There are many possible ways that hackers can get directly connected to you. They can be connected through different websites, social networks, emails etc. Well they may also get connected through webcam and mic’s too. But don’t get scared we have something called “TOR Browser “in this article to help you prevent yourself from such thefts.

TOR is the abbreviation for “The Onion Router “. This refers both to the software that you install on your computer to run Tor and the volunteer network of computers that manages Tor connections. If you are using TOR then it becomes very much difficult, if not impossible for anyone to view your private activities in the internet. No one can interfere with your emails, search history, social media posts or any other online activities as well as no one will able to trace your location and IP address. So it’s better to use something like TOR browser in this day of advancement because who knows what happens next.

Who created TOR?

According to Wikipedia, The core principle of Tor,”onion routing”, was developed in the mid-1990s by United States Naval Research Laboratory employees, mathematician Paul Syverson and computer scientists Michael G. Reed and David Goldschlag, with the purpose of protecting U.S intelligence communications online. Onion routing was further developed by DARPA in 1997.

How tor works?

--The working of TOR network--

The TOR network works on relays. Relays are something like routers which receive traffic on the TOR network and pass it along. They are created by thousands of volunteer’s spread throughout the world. TOR relays your internet traffic through multiple relays and ends up taking an unusual path to the site you want to access in. To understand it, consider you are trying to escape from someone and don’t want him to follow you till your destination. For this you’ll have to choose really long and complicated path to your destination. TOR works exactly in the same way. You can understand more about the concept of TOR network by looking at the picture above. When you are using the TOR browser, your original IP address remains hidden and it appears as your connection is coming from the TOR exit relay. This prevents other from sorting out about where was the request generated and who generated it thus keeping your identity safe.

The more TOR relays we have, the faster and much secured, the TOR network will be. The TOR challenge encourages people to run TOR relays.

Advantages of using TOR network

-You are not vulnerable to theft.

-You can access any website that is prohibited in your region or places like colleges and  hostels.

-No one can trace you out.

-You can access Deep Web which you cannot do in other browsers.

Disadvantages of using TOR network

-The connection will be slow compared to other browsers as IP is bounced through a lot of       servers.

-Though it is anonymous for certain extent, if you are using it for criminal purpose then FBI can track you down.

You can download the browser by simply clicking the link below.

Link For Windows:

Click This Link for Windows TOR browser 

Link For Android : 

Click This Link For Android TOR Browser

For other platforms you can visit the following link:

Link Of Tor Browser For Other Platforms


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