How to browse the Internet anonymously
Jan 11th, 2007 by anonymous
There is currently only one program which allows you to browse the Internet anonymously and securely: Tor.
Tor uses a network of Tor-servers (proxies) between you and your destination. Tor goes through three different servers on it’s way to the destination, and none of the servers know the entire route between you and your exit.
Latency.
Browsing using Tor is slower than a normal connection, but fast enough to make it worth using.
Things who are essential to know before trying to browse anonymously:
Understand that Tor only makes your TCP-stream (data transfer) anonymous. Your applications may still leak information about you. Typical pitfalls include:
- Browsing with Java enabled. Java does not respect the web browsers proxy settings, which means that Java applets are still able to connect to websites without going through Tor.
- The same applies to Active X and other such “extentions”.
- JavaScript can reveal all sorts of information about your browser, such as your operating system, all the browser plugins you have installed, your screen resolution, the size of your browser window, and so on. You should disable javascript when using Tor.
- DNS leaks. This means that the application you are using looks up DNS names without going thorugh Tor. Most browsers who support proxies will look up DNS requets through Tor, make sure your browser is configured to do that.
And always remember that what you do over an anonymous connection is just as important, or even more important, than the connection itself. If you upload your scanned government photo ID then it easy to identify you regardless of the connection used to upload it is anonymous or not. The same applies to your software programs, if they are leaking information then you’ll be exposed regardless of the connection they use to leak it.
Try Tor yourself.
Download and install Tor from http://tor.eff.org/. It can be installed and used on Windows, Linux and Mac machines. Note: You should read through the documentation before using it. Tor makes your connection anonymous, but it doesn’t make what you do (like sending your real name to a server) or your programs (who can, if misconfigured, be sending information which could identify you) act anonymous, so you should read what the common fallpits are before thinking you’re all set.
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Just to let you know. Web site http://tor.eff.org is blocked in Thailand.
There is a rumor that there is a mirror at https://tor.linuxreviews.org/
Perhaps someone should try to make mirrors available within Thailand?
If Tor is too difficult to set up for you, you may want to use JanusVM instead, which uses a virtual machine and does most of the hard work for you: http://janusvm.peertech.org/
“There is currently only one program which allows you to browse the Internet anonymously and securely: Tor.”
Are you sure?
anonymous != security.
Tor is wonderful in terms of privacy, nothing like it. But it is quite slow. If more people start using Tor may be it will get bit faster.
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