Installing Tor Browser is the easy part. Using it in a way that actually protects your privacy takes a little more care. Here’s a practical checklist. Do Download Tor Browser only from the official Tor Project website, and verify the download if you can. Keep Tor Browser updated — security fixes are released regularly. Leave […]
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If you’ve spent any time reading about privacy or the “dark web,” you’ve probably seen addresses that end in .onion instead of the usual .com or .org. These aren’t normal domain names — they’re a special address format that only works inside the Tor network, and understanding how they’re built explains a lot about why
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Tor (The Onion Router) is free, open-source software that routes your internet traffic through a volunteer-run network of relays. Each relay only knows the previous and next hop in the chain, never the full path, which makes it much harder for anyone to link your identity to your online activity. A “.onion” address is a
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