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<info>
 <link type="guide" xref="index" group="#first"/>
 <desc>Learn what Tor can do to protect your privacy and anonymity.</desc>
 </info>

The <app its:translate="no">Tor Browser</app> uses the <app
 its:translate="no">Tor</app> network to protect your privacy
 and anonymity. Using the <app its:translate="no">Tor</app> network has two
 main properties:

<list>
 <item>
 
 The Internet access provider will not be able to learn the sites
 being visited and will not be able to monitor the content of
 the communication.
 
 </item>
 <item>
 
 The sites will see a connection coming from the <app
 its:translate="no">Tor</app> network and will not learn
 the actual Internet connection used to visit them.
 
 </item>
 </list>

On top of that, the <app its:translate="no">Tor Browser</app> is designed
 to minimize the ability of websites to fingerprint the browser.
 
 
 The Tor Browser does not keep any browsing history. Cookies
 are only valid for a single session: until the <app its:translate="no">Tor
 Browser</app> is exited or a <gui>New Identity</gui>
 is requested.

</section>

<app its:translate="no">Tor</app> and the <app its:translate="no">Tor
 Browser</app> will protect your privacy and anonymity only if used
 appropriately.

<list>
 <item>
 
 <app its:translate="no">Tor</app> will not encrypt the whole
 communication. What is sent to the <app its:translate="no">Tor</app>
 network is what leaves the <app its:translate="no">Tor</app> network.
 For web browsing, this means that any confidential information
 should be sent using the HTTPS protocol.
 
 
 
 </item>
 <item>
 
 If you give a website identifying information (e.g. a name, a
 login), you will no longer be an anonymous visitor of this
 website.
 
 </item>
 <item>
 
 If you transfer files, they can contain identifying information in their
 metadata, like the camera serial number.
 
 </item>
 <item>
 
 Only connections made through the <app its:translate="no">Tor
 Browser</app> will go through the <app its:translate="no">Tor</app>
 network. Unless specific steps are taken, other applications on your
 computer will continue to do direct Internet connections and can
 reveal your location.
 
 
 </item>
 </list>

If loosing control over some information might have problematic
 consequences, it is sometimes better to leave it off computers entirely.
 
 </section>

<section id="how-tor-works">
 <title>How Tor works</title>

Tor is a network of virtual tunnels that allows you to improve your
 privacy and security on the Internet. Tor works by sending your
 traffic through three random servers (also known as relays)
 in the Tor network, before the traffic is sent out onto the public
 Internet
 
 <media type="image" src="media/how-tor-works.png" />
 
 The image above illustrates a user browsing to different websites
 over Tor. The green monitors represent relays in the Tor network,
 while the three keys represent the layers of encryption between the
 user and each relay.
 
 </section>

<section id="tor-and-https">
 <title>Tor and HTTPS</title>

The following visualization helps understanding what data are visible to
 eavesdroppers with or without the <app its:translate="no">Tor Browser</app>
 and when encrypted connections (HTTPS) or not:

<xi:include href="media/tor-and-https.svg" />

<list>
 <item>
 
 Click the <gui>Tor</gui> button to see what data is visible to
 eavesdroppers when you're using Tor. The button will turn green to
 indicate that Tor is on.
 
 </item>
 <item>
 
 Click the <gui>HTTPS</gui> button to see what data is visible to
 eavesdroppers when you're using HTTPS. The button will turn green to
 indicate that HTTPS is on.
 
 </item>
 <item>
 
 When both buttons are green, you see the data that is visible to
 eavesdroppers when you are using both tools.
 
 </item>
 <item>
 
 When both buttons are grey, you see the data that is visible
 to eavesdroppers when you don't use either tool.
 
 </item>
 </list>
 <terms>
 <title>Potentially visible data</title>
 <item>
 <title its:translate="no">
 <xi:include href="media/tor-and-https.svg" parse="xml"
 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@id='string-site']/text())">
 <xi:fallback>site.com</xi:fallback>
 </xi:include>
 </title>
 
 The site being visited.
 
 </item>
 <item>
 <title its:translate="no">
 <xi:include href="media/tor-and-https.svg" parse="xml"
 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@id='string-login']/text())">
 <xi:fallback>user / pw</xi:fallback>
 </xi:include>
 </title>
 
 Username and password used for authentication.
 
 </item>
 <item>
 <title its:translate="no">
 <xi:include href="media/tor-and-https.svg" parse="xml"
 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@id='string-data']/text())">
 <xi:fallback>data</xi:fallback>-->
 </xi:include>
 </title>
 
 Data being transmited.
 
 </item>
 <item>
 <title its:translate="no">
 <xi:include href="media/tor-and-https.svg" parse="xml"
 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@id='string-location']/text())">
 <xi:fallback>location</xi:fallback>
 </xi:include>
 </title>
 
 Network location of the computer used to visit the website (the public
 IP address).
 
 </item>
 <item>
 <title its:translate="no">
 <xi:include href="media/tor-and-https.svg" parse="xml"
 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@id='string-tor']/text())">
 <xi:fallback>Tor</xi:fallback>
 </xi:include>
 </title>
 
 Whether or not Tor is being used.
 
 </item>
 </terms>
 </section>
</page>

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