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2)   type="topic"
3)   id="downloading">
4) 
5) <info>

6)   <link type="guide" xref="index" group="#first" />

7)   <desc>How to download Tor Browser</desc>
8) </info>
9) 
10) <title>Downloading</title>
11) 
12) <p>
13) The safest and simplest way to download Tor Browser is from the official
14) Tor Project website at https://www.torproject.org. Your connection to
15) the site will be secured using
16) <link xref='secure-connections'>HTTPS</link>, so you can be sure that no
17) one is tampering with your copy of the software while you download it.
18) </p>
19) 
20) <p>
21) However, there may be times when you cannot access the Tor Project
22) website: for example, it could be blocked on your network. If this
23) happens, you can use one of the alternative download methods listed
24) below.
25) </p>
26) 
27) <section id="satori">
28) <title>Satori</title>
29)  <p>
30)  Satori is an add-on for the Chrome or Chromium browsers that allows you
31)  to download several security and privacy programs from different
32)  sources.
33)  </p>
34)  <p>
35)  To download Tor Browser using Satori:
36)  </p>
37)  <steps>
38)   <item>
39)   <p>
40)   Install Satori from the Chrome App Store.
41)   </p>
42)   </item>
43)   <item>
44)   <p>
45)   Select Satori from your browser’s Apps menu.
46)   </p>
47)   </item>
48)   <item>
49)   <p>
50)   When Satori opens, click on your preferred language. A menu will open
51)   listing the available downloads for that language. Find the entry for
52)   Tor Browser under the name of your operating system. Select
53)   either “A” or “B” after the name of the program — each one represents
54)   a different source from which to get the software. Your download will
55)   then begin.
56)   </p>
57)   </item>
58)   <item>
59)   <p>
60)   Wait for your download to finish, then find the “Generate Hash”
61)   section in Satori’s menu and click “Select Files”.
62)   </p>
63)   </item>
64)   <item>
65)   <p>
66)   Select the downloaded Tor Browser file. Satori will display the
67)   checksum of the file, which you should compare with the software’s
68)   original checksum: you can find this by clicking the word “checksum”
69)   after the link you clicked on to start the download. If the checksums
70)   match, your download was successful, and you can
71)   <link xref='first-time'>begin using Tor Browser</link>. If they do not
72)   match, you may need to try downloading again, or from a different
73)   source.
74)   </p>
75)   </item>
76)  </steps>
77) </section>
78) 
79) <section id="gettor">
80) <title>GetTor</title>
81)  <p>

82)  GetTor is a service that automatically responds to messages with links
83)  to the latest version of Tor Browser, hosted at a  variety of locations,
84)  such as Dropbox, Google Drive and Github..

85)  </p>

86) 

87)  <p>

88)  To use GetTor via email:

89)  </p>
90)  <steps>
91)   <item>
92)   <p>
93)   Send an email to gettor@torproject.org, and in the body
94)   of the message simply write “windows”, “osx”, or “linux”, (without
95)   quotation marks) depending on your operating system.
96)   </p>
97)   </item>
98)   <item>
99)   <p>
100)   GetTor will respond with an email containing links from which you can
101)   download the Tor Browser package, the cryptographic signature (needed
102)   for verifying the download), the fingerprint of the key used to make
103)   the signature, and the package’s checksum. You may be offered a choice
104)   of “32-bit” or “64-bit” software: this depends on the model of the
105)   computer you are using.
106)   </p>
107)   </item>
108)  </steps>

109) 
110)  <p>
111)  To use GetTor via Twitter:
112)  </p>
113)  <steps>
114)   <item>
115)   <p>
116)   To get links for downloading Tor Browser in English for OS X, send a Direct
117)   Message to @get_tor with the word "osx en" in it (you don't need to follow the
118)   account).
119)   </p>
120)   </item>
121)  </steps>
122) 
123)  <p>
124)  To use GetTor via XMPP:
125)  </p>
126)  <steps>
127)   <item>
128)   <p>
129)   To get links for downloading Tor Browser in Chinese for Linux, send a
130)   message to get_tor@riseup.net with the words "linux zh" in it.
131)   </p>
132)   </item>
133)  </steps>

134) </section>
135) 
136) <section id="website-mirror">
137) <title>Tor website mirrors</title>
138)  <p>
139)  A number of volunteers around the world host “mirrors” of the Tor
140)  Project website. These are identical copies of all the content and
141)  software on the main website, hosted at different IP addresses and
142)  URLs. The Tor Project periodically checks mirrored versions of the
143)  software to make sure they are the same as the originals.
144)  </p>

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