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8) 
9) <h2>Why You Need Tor</h2>
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11) 
12) <p>The vast majority of Internet traffic passes along public routes, making it
13) relatively easy for prying eyes to view your comings and goings -- and even
14) link some important financial or personal information to you!</p>
15) 
16) <p>Snoopers can get your information almost anywhere:</p>
17) <ul>
18) <li>Your Internet service provider</li>
19) <li>Your favorite website or online store</li>

20) <li>Your favorite coffee shop or cafe with free wifi</li>

21) </ul>
22) 

23) <p>These snooping activities are commonly called traffic analysis. Corporations,

24) marketing organizations, governments, and other parties are becoming
25) increasingly sophisticated at it.</p>
26) 
27) <p>Traffic Analysis enables: </p>
28) <ul>
29) <li>Politically rigid governments to compile lists of citizens reading outlawed
30) journals</li>
31) <li>Thieves, spammers, and phishers to launch progressively sophisticated and
32) personalized attacks</li>

33) <li>Corporations can collect and aggregate online browsing and chatting behavior for better ad-targeting and profiling.</li>

34) </ul>
35) 
36) <p>For some people, this electronic spying is a nuisance that can affect their
37) pocketbook; for others, it jeopardizes their personal security.</p>
38) 
39) <p>Since 2001, the Tor Project has been developing free and
40)  open-source software that helps provide anonymity for Internet users. It works
41) by allowing users

42) to travel the web on a circuitous route over 1500 servers positioned

43) around the world. When you use Tor, your route on the Internet is indirect,
44) so snoops have a difficult time following your path and seizing vital
45) information. Tor also has special functionality, called hidden services,

46) that allows you to run websites without revealing their location.</p>

47) 

48) <p>Tor is compatible with different operating systems, such as Microsoft

49) Windows, Apple Mac, and various versions of Linux. Tor works with most

50) programs that connect your computer to the Internet.</p>

51) 

52) <p>Tor is used by hundreds of thousands of people to protect their activities
53) online:</p>
54) <ul>
55) <li>Journalists who need to protect their sources</li>
56) <li>Human rights workers</li>
57) <li>Dissidents in politically rigid countries</li>

58) <li>Corporations who wish to protect their employees web traffic</li>
59) 

60) <li>Whistle blowers who fear retribution</li>

61) <li>Governments wishing to protect their agents and employees traffic</li>

62) <li>Law enforcement officers on Internet sting operations</li>
63) <li>People wanting to post socially sensitive information in chat
64) rooms, like rape or abuse survivors and those with stigmatized illnesses.</li>
65) </ul>
66) 
67) <p>The Tor Network also provides protection for people looking for another
68) layer of privacy from the millions of websites bent on collecting private
69) information and tracking their moves online.</p>

70) 

71) <h2>Why Tor Needs You</h2>

72) <hr />

73) <p>Other than a few developers, the Tor Project is largely run by volunteers.
74) To help keep Tor's worldwide server network running and its open source
75) software up-to-date, the Tor project is looking for new sponsors and
76) funding.</p>
77) 
78) <p>We guarantee your money will be put to good use. For every dollar donated

79) to the Tor Project, 85 cents goes directly into development.</p>

80) 
81) <p>Sponsors receive personal attention, better

82) support, and the chance to help us choose which of our priorities we
83) should focus on next.</p>

84) 

85) <p>Your contribution is tax deductible!  The Tor Project is a registered
86) 501(c)(3) non-profit, making donations tax deductible for those living in
87) the United States or those paying taxes with charitable donation reciprocity
88) with the U.S.</p>

89) 

90) <p>You'll be in good company!  Our sponsors include Google, Bell Security
91) Solutions, SRI International, The National Science Foundation, The
92) Netherlands' NLnet Foundation, Human Rights Watch and more than 500
93) individuals who have donated funds to the Tor Project.</p>

94) 

95) <p>You'll feel good because you're protecting your information and your
96) rights.  In this day and age, Tor provides a vital layer of protection for
97) you and your data.</p>

98) 

99) <p>Please join us!  Your donations will help keep this important project on the
100) cutting edge.  If you have any questions about funding the Tor Project, please
101) contact:
102) donations@torproject.org</p>
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