Tor (network)
Tor, short for The Onion Router, is free and open-source software for enabling anonymous communication. It directs Internet traffic via a free, worldwide, volunteer overlay network that consists of more than seven thousand relays.
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| Developer(s) | The Tor Project |
|---|---|
| Initial release | September 20, 2002 |
| Stable release(s) [±] | |
| 0.4.8.10 (8 December 2023) | |
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| Written in | C, Python, Rust |
| Operating system | Unix-like, (Android, Linux, BSD, macOS), Microsoft Windows, iOS |
| Size | 50–55 MB |
| Type | Overlay network, mix network, onion router, Anonymity application |
| License | BSD 3-clause license |
| Website | www www |
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Using Tor makes it more difficult to trace a user's Internet activity. Tor protects personal privacy by concealing a user's location and usage from anyone performing network surveillance or traffic analysis. It protects the user's freedom and ability to communicate confidentially through IP address anonymity using Tor exit nodes.
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