Tor
The Tor web browser is an interesting beast altogether, as unlike most browsers, Tor was made for the sake of privacy; being completely unknown and anonymous on the Web. This is not like the Firefox browser or projects that follow the same ideas, Tor wants users to be completely unknown, even to their ISPs and perhaps most controversial of all, undetectable to governments.
Using Tor allows users to access the so-called "dark web", a part of the World Wide Web that exists on darknets, overlay networks that use the Internet but require specific software to view. Unlike many websites, dark websites don't use .com, .net, or .org, but rather .onion. By using Tor, you give yourself access to view websites you could not do so on browsers like Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, or Firefox.
The Tor project can be a use for good, being used in places around the world like in the People's Republic of China, where the so-called "Great Firewall of China" stops her citizens from viewing millions of websites like Google, Wikipedia, and YouTube, and also stopping her people from communicating with the rest of the outside world, putting China in a metaphorical dome of sorts, but most unsettling of all, Tor can be used to buy illegal drugs off the black market and most distressing of all, view child sexual abuse images. Trying to defend the dark web because of its ability to stop censorship can be a very hard thing to do, especially due to the illegal and questionable content found on it, but one thing is certain, Tor and the dark net certainly aren't going away any-time soon.
The version shown is Tor Browser 9.0.1.
Tor Browser isolates each website you visit so third-party trackers and ads can't follow you. Any cookies automatically clear when you're done browsing. So will your browsing history.
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As Tor uses code from Firefox, it would be surprising if the browser could not view any up-to-date website, inducing this one.
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When you first open up the Tor browser, the landing page is seen, showing the version of the software, basic information, plus an embedded DuckDuckGo search bar. Looks very cool.
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Sadly, there are a number of websites that have decided to block access to people that use Tor, such as the American fashion and clothing shop, Macy's, who rather than showing their normal homepage, will show turn-up with an "Access Denied" page. According to MakeUseOf "3.67% of the top 1,000 Alexa sites [are blocked by] anyone trying to access them via a known Tor exit node".
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Sadly, there are a number of websites that have decided to block access to people that use Tor, such as the American fashion and clothing shop, Macy's, who rather than showing their normal homepage, will show turn-up with an "Access Denied" page. According to MakeUseOf "3.67% of the top 1,000 Alexa sites [are blocked by] anyone trying to access them via a known Tor exit node".
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Despite the fact that a few websites block access to Tor users, websites like DuckDuckGo [onion link], the CIA [onion link], The New York Times [onion link], and even Auntie [onion link] have given it a shot.
Links
You can download Tor from the following URL; https://www.torproject.org/
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Last updated: 2019-11-17
