[ TOR: The Onion Router ]
Tor Browser is the name of another interesting browser, which obviously comes into mind when your concern is dark web & online anonymity, its a great tool, which lets you to surf the internet through 5 layers of IP protection with superior anonymity, it protects your privacy greatly, though its not full proof.
History Of TOR: In the time of mid 1990's, Paul Syverson, Michael G. Reed & David Goldschlag Of United States Naval Research Laboratory, developed the core principle of TOR, with the purpose of protecting US Intelligence online. Later it was modified a lot & finally it was available for public use on 13th August 2004.
How Does the TOR works: Unlike other browser, its working mechanism isn't that much straight forward, it uses several layers of Virtual locations Using Various servers located at different location of globe, which more over works like multiple VPN
Usually, when you surf the internet, you first connect to your Internet Service Provider (ISP), which then redirects you to any other websites (or other content) that you wish to visit. in that case, all your internet traffic passes through your ISP’s servers, and can be viewed by them, & also can be traced by some other unwanted intruders, so here your anonymity gets hampered.
But When you are using TOR's multiple layer distributed VPN, Your information is send through an encrypted tunnel, to the servers of TOR located at anywhere in globe.This means that all data transmitting between your device and the VPS (Virtual Private Servers) of TOR is encrypted by several layers of protections so that your anonymity won't get hampered by unwanted intruders.
It’s anonymous - Nobody can ever track you down. (Location/Identity)
It’s safe - There is JavaScript protection for XSS/malicious code
It’s free - You don’t have to buy anything
Cons:
It’s very slow (compared a normal browser)
Scripts that can run are limited (due to JavaScript protection). In order to do some things, you might have to risk a little bit of your security.
Usually, when you surf the internet, you first connect to your Internet Service Provider (ISP), which then redirects you to any other websites (or other content) that you wish to visit. in that case, all your internet traffic passes through your ISP’s servers, and can be viewed by them, & also can be traced by some other unwanted intruders, so here your anonymity gets hampered.
But When you are using TOR's multiple layer distributed VPN, Your information is send through an encrypted tunnel, to the servers of TOR located at anywhere in globe.This means that all data transmitting between your device and the VPS (Virtual Private Servers) of TOR is encrypted by several layers of protections so that your anonymity won't get hampered by unwanted intruders.
Pros. & Cons. of TOR :
Pros.It’s anonymous - Nobody can ever track you down. (Location/Identity)
It’s safe - There is JavaScript protection for XSS/malicious code
It’s free - You don’t have to buy anything
Cons:
It’s very slow (compared a normal browser)
Scripts that can run are limited (due to JavaScript protection). In order to do some things, you might have to risk a little bit of your security.
Source: By Electronic Frontier Foundation, minor modifications by me. - https://www.torproject.org/about/overview.html.en, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17887560
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