TechRepublic’s smart person’s guide is a routinely updated “living” precis loaded with contemporary information about about how the onion router works, who Tor affects, and why privacy-enhancing software is important. SEE: Three ways encryption can safeguard your cloud files (Tech Pro Research report) Conversely, the encrypted browser also allows hackers to snoop safely, and has helped illicit Dark Web markets flourish. Tor enabled the Arab Spring, is used by millions of Chinese users to skirt the Great Firewall, and helps sources and whistleblowers safely share vital information with reporters. The tool is widely used by reporters, political dissidents, hackers, and Dark Web profiteers to communicate anonymously. Tor is complex, yet easy to install and operate. An acronym for ‘the onion router’, Tor is a free web browser and suite of open source software that enhances user privacy by encrypting web packets and browsing activity. And digital outlaws will probably use Tor. When privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy.

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