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en/index.wml  24) <h2>Tor: anonymity online</h2>

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en/index.wml  28) Tor covers your tracks on the web. When you connect to the Internet from
en/index.wml  29) your computer, you leave a return address that's like a calling card,
en/index.wml  30) everywhere you go. Even if you don't log into a site with a username and
en/index.wml  31) password, you leave information on what IP address you came from and when.

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en/index.wml  35) Since this is all the information that is usually needed to find out
en/index.wml  36) who was on the other end of the wire, marketers, governments, and other
en/index.wml  37) curious parties can trace you by tracing the activity associated with
en/index.wml  38) your IP address.

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en/index.wml  42) Tor hides your IP address. It's like blocking your caller ID.
en/index.wml  43) </p>
en/index.wml  44) 
en/index.wml  45) <p>
en/index.wml  46) Hundreds of thousands of people around the world use Tor &mdash; <a
en/index.wml  47) href="<page whousestor>">journalists and bloggers, human rights workers,
en/index.wml  48) law enforcement officers, soldiers, corporations, citizens of repressive
en/index.wml  49) regimes, and just ordinary citizens</a>. We have a full page devoted
en/index.wml  50) to explaining exactly <a href="<page overview>">what Tor does, why this
en/index.wml  51) diversity of users is important, and how Tor works</a>.
en/index.wml  52) </p>
en/index.wml  53) 
en/index.wml  54) <p>
en/index.wml  55) To quickly start using Tor, we recommend the
en/index.wml  56) <a href="<page download>">Vidalia bundle</a>
en/index.wml  57) as the easiest to install and get working.
en/index.wml  58) </p>
en/index.wml  59) 
en/index.wml  60) <p>
en/index.wml  61) There are three pieces of fine print you need to know about.
en/index.wml  62) First, Tor does not protect you if you do not use it correctly.
en/index.wml  63) Read <a href="<page download>#Warnings">our list of warnings</a> and
en/index.wml  64) make sure to follow the
en/index.wml  65) <a href="<page documentation>#RunningTor">instructions for your platform</a>
en/index.wml  66) carefully. Second, even if you configure and use Tor correctly,
en/index.wml  67) there are still
en/index.wml  68) <a href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#RemainingAttacks"
en/index.wml  69) >
en/index.wml  70) potential attacks that could compromise Tor's ability to protect you</a>.
en/index.wml  71) Third, no anonymity system is perfect these days, and Tor is no exception:
en/index.wml  72) you should not rely solely on the current Tor network if you really need
en/index.wml  73) strong anonymity.
en/index.wml  74) </p>
en/index.wml  75) 
en/index.wml  76) <p>
en/index.wml  77) Tor works by bouncing your traffic around a set of relays run by
en/index.wml  78) volunteers all around the world. Tor's security improves as its user
en/index.wml  79) base grows and as more people volunteer to
en/index.wml  80) <a href="<page docs/tor-doc-relay>">run a relay</a>. It isn't
en/index.wml  81) nearly as hard to set up as you might think, and can significantly
en/index.wml  82) <a href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#ServerAnonymity">
en/index.wml  83) enhance your own security against some attacks</a>.
en/index.wml  84) If running a relay isn't for you, we need
en/index.wml  85) <a href="<page volunteer>">help with many other aspects of the project</a>,
en/index.wml  86) and we need funds to <a
en/index.wml  87) href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#Funding">continue
en/index.wml  88) making the Tor network faster and easier to use while maintaining good
en/index.wml  89) security</a>.
en/index.wml  90) <a href="<page donate>">Please donate.</a>

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en/index.wml  94) <h2><a class="anchor" href="#News">News</a></h2>

en/index.wml  95) <hr />

en/index.wml  96) 

en/index.wml  97) <ul>

en/index.wml  98) <li>Oct 2007: As many of you know, The Tor Project became an <a
en/index.wml  99) href="<page people>">independent and official nonprofit</a> this past
en/index.wml 100) February. We did this so we could accept grants from groups who
en/index.wml 101) only donate to NGOs, and so our donors could deduct qualifying
en/index.wml 102) <a href="<page donate>">donations</a> made to us.
en/index.wml 103) <br />
en/index.wml 104) We'd like to extend our profound thanks to the <a
en/index.wml 105) href="https://www.eff.org/">Electronic Frontier Foundation</a> for their
en/index.wml 106) past support, fiscal sponsorship, and help in hosting some of our web
en/index.wml 107) pages, and for their continued mentorship of and counsel to our
en/index.wml 108) fledgling nonprofit organization.</li>

en/index.wml 109) <li>Sep 2007: If you have received email claiming to be Tor, it wasn't

en/index.wml 110) from us. The <a href="<page download>">official Tor bundles</a> can be <a

en/index.wml 111) href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/VerifyingSignatures">verified
en/index.wml 112) as authentic</a>.</li>

en/index.wml 113) <li>Aug 2007: <strong>Please update your Tor software!</strong>  The

en/index.wml 114) latest versions (stable: 0.1.2.17; development: 0.2.0.6-alpha)

en/index.wml 115) patch a significant security vulnerability.  See the <a
en/index.wml 116) href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Aug-2007/msg00000.html">release
en/index.wml 117) announcement</a> for more information.</li>

en/index.wml 118) <li><b>We are actively looking for new sponsors and funding.</b>

en/index.wml 119) If your organization has an interest in keeping the Tor network usable
en/index.wml 120) and fast, please <a href="<page contact>">contact us</a>. Sponsors of Tor
en/index.wml 121) also get personal attention, better support, publicity (if they want it),
en/index.wml 122) and get to influence the direction of our research and development.</li>

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