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en/whousestor.wml  10) <div class="main-column">
en/whousestor.wml  11) 
en/whousestor.wml  12) <h1>Who uses Tor?</h1>
en/whousestor.wml  13) 
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en/whousestor.wml  14) <p>
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en/torusers.wml    15) If you have a success story with Tor, especially one we
en/torusers.wml    16) can link to, please <a href="<page contact>">send us</a> a note!
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en/whousestor.wml  17) </p>
en/whousestor.wml  18) 
en/whousestor.wml  19) <p>
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en/whousestor.wml  20) Tor provides anonymity: when it succeeds, nobody notices.  This is
en/whousestor.wml  21) great for users, but not so good for us, since publishing success
en/whousestor.wml  22) stories about how people or organizations are staying anonymous could be
en/whousestor.wml  23) counterproductive.
en/whousestor.wml  24) As an example, we talked
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en/whousestor.wml  25) to an FBI officer who explained that he uses Tor every day for his
en/whousestor.wml  26) work &mdash; but he quickly followed up
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en/whousestor.wml  27) with a request not to provide details or mention his name.
en/whousestor.wml  28) </p>
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en/torusers.wml    30) <p>
en/torusers.wml    31) Like any technology, from pencils to cellphones to airplanes, anonymity can be used for both good and evil.
en/torusers.wml    32) You have probably seen at least some of the vigorous debate
en/torusers.wml    33) (<a href="http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2006/01/70000">pro</a>,
en/torusers.wml    34) <a href="http://www.edge.org/q2006/q06_4.html#kelly">con</a>,
en/torusers.wml    35) and
en/torusers.wml    36) <a href="http://web.mit.edu/gtmarx/www/anon.html">academic</a>)
en/torusers.wml    37) over anonymity. The Tor project is based on the belief that anonymity is not just a good idea some of the time - it is a requirement for a free and functioning society. The <a href="http://www.eff.org/issues/anonymity">EFF has a good overview</a> of how anonymity was crucial to the founding of the United States and has been recognized by US courts as a fundamental and important right. In fact, governments mandate anonymity in many cases themselves:
en/torusers.wml    38) <a href="https://www.crimeline.co.za/default.asp">police tip lines</a>,
en/torusers.wml    39) <a href="http://www.texasbar.com/Content/ContentGroups/Public_Information1/Legal_Resources_Consumer_Information/Family_Law1/Adoption_Options.htm#sect2">adoption services</a>,
en/torusers.wml    40) <a href="http://writ.news.findlaw.com/aronson/20020827.html">police officer identities</a>,
en/torusers.wml    41) and so forth. It would be impossible to rehash the entire anonymity debate here - it is too large an issue with too many nuances, and there are plenty of other places where this information can be found. We do have a <a href="page faq-abuse">Tor abuse</a> page describing some of the possible abuse cases for Tor, but suffice it to say that if you want to abuse the system, you'll either find it mostly closed for your purposes (e.g. the majority of Tor relays do not support port 25 to prevent anonymous email spamming), or if you're one of the
en/torusers.wml    42) <a href="http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/12/computer_crime_1.html">Four Horsemen of the Internet</a>,
en/torusers.wml    43) you have better options than Tor. While not dismissing the potential abuses of Tor, here are just a few of the many important ways anonymity is used today:
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en/whousestor.wml  44) </p>
en/whousestor.wml  45) 
en/whousestor.wml  46) 
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en/torusers.wml    47) <h2>Everyday, ordinary Internet surfers use Tor</h2>
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en/whousestor.wml  48) 
en/whousestor.wml  49) <ul>
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en/torusers.wml    50) <li>
en/torusers.wml    51) <strong>They protect their privacy from unscrupulous 
en/torusers.wml    52) marketers and identity thieves.</strong>
en/torusers.wml    53) Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
en/torusers.wml    54) <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/article/29449-compete-ceo-isps-sell-clickstreams-for-5-a-month">
en/torusers.wml    55) sell your Internet browsing records</a>
en/torusers.wml    56) to marketers or anyone else willing to pay for it. They typically say that 
en/torusers.wml    57) they anonymize it by not providing your username or personally 
en/torusers.wml    58) identifiable information, but
en/torusers.wml    59) <a href="http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2006/08/71579?currentPage=all">this is a farce</a>.
en/torusers.wml    60) A full record of every
en/torusers.wml    61) site you visit, the text of every search you perform, and potentially 
en/torusers.wml    62) userid and even password information can still be part of this data.
en/torusers.wml    63) In addition to your ISP, the websites
en/torusers.wml    64) (<a href="http://www.google.com/privacy_faq.html">and search engines</a>)
en/torusers.wml    65) you visit have their own logs,
en/torusers.wml    66) containing the same or more information.
en/torusers.wml    67) </li>
en/torusers.wml    68) 
en/torusers.wml    69) <li>
en/torusers.wml    70) <strong> They protect their communications from irresponsible corporations.</strong>
en/torusers.wml    71) All over the net, Tor is being recommended to people newly concerned
en/torusers.wml    72) about their privacy in the face of increasing breaches and betrayals of
en/torusers.wml    73) private data. From
en/torusers.wml    74) <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11048">lost backup tapes</a>, to
en/torusers.wml    75) <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/09/technology/09aol.html?ex=1312776000&en=f6f61949c6da4d38&ei=5090">giving away the data to researchers</a>,
en/torusers.wml    76) your data is often not well protected by those you are supposed to trust to keep it safe.
en/torusers.wml    77) </li>
en/torusers.wml    78) 
en/torusers.wml    79) <li>
en/torusers.wml    80) <strong>They protect their children online.</strong>
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en/whousestor.wml  81) You've told your kids they shouldn't share personally identifying
en/whousestor.wml  82) information online, but they may be sharing their location simply
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en/torusers.wml    83) by not concealing their IP address. Increasingly, IP
en/torusers.wml    84) addresses can be
en/torusers.wml    85) <a href="http://whatismyipaddress.com/">literally mapped to a city or even street location</a>,
en/torusers.wml    86) and can
en/torusers.wml    87) <a href="http://whatsmyip.org/more/">reveal other information</a>
en/torusers.wml    88) about how you are connecting to the Internet.
en/torusers.wml    89) In the United States the
en/torusers.wml    90) government is pushing to make this mapping increasingly precise.
en/torusers.wml    91) </li>
en/torusers.wml    92) 
en/torusers.wml    93) <li>
en/torusers.wml    94) <strong>They research sensitive topics.</strong>
en/torusers.wml    95) There's a wealth of information available online. But perhaps in your 
en/torusers.wml    96) country, access to information on AIDS, birth control,
en/torusers.wml    97) <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/03/tech/main531567.shtml">Tibetan culture</a>,
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en/whousestor.wml  98) or world religions is behind a national firewall.
en/whousestor.wml  99) Or perhaps you are worried that if you research a particular set of
en/whousestor.wml 100) symptoms, at some later date an insurance company might buy the 
en/whousestor.wml 101) logs of the websites you visited and establish that
en/whousestor.wml 102) you had suspicions of a pre-existing condition.
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en/torusers.wml   103) </li>
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en/whousestor.wml 104) 
en/whousestor.wml 105) </ul>
en/whousestor.wml 106) 
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en/torusers.wml   108) 
en/torusers.wml   109) <h2>Soldiers in the field use Tor</h2>
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en/whousestor.wml 110) <ul>
en/whousestor.wml 111) 
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en/torusers.wml   112) <li>
en/torusers.wml   113) <strong>Military field agents:</strong>
en/torusers.wml   114) How much, do you imagine, would the Iraqi insurgency pay to find out
en/torusers.wml   115) the location of every computer in Baghdad that logged into a military
en/torusers.wml   116) server in Maryland to read email?  Tor can protect military personnel in
en/torusers.wml   117) the field by hiding their location.
en/torusers.wml   118) </li>
en/torusers.wml   119) 
en/torusers.wml   120) <li>
en/torusers.wml   121) <strong>Hidden services:</strong>
en/torusers.wml   122) When the Internet was designed by DARPA, its primary purpose was to
en/torusers.wml   123) be able to facilitate distributed, robust communications in case of
en/torusers.wml   124) local strikes.  However, some functions must be centralized, such as
en/torusers.wml   125) command and control sites.  It's the nature of the Internet protocols to
en/torusers.wml   126) reveal the geographic location of any server that is reachable online.
en/torusers.wml   127) Tor's hidden services capacity allows military command and
en/torusers.wml   128) control to be physically secure from discovery and takedown.
en/torusers.wml   129) </li>
en/torusers.wml   130) 
en/torusers.wml   131) <li>
en/torusers.wml   132) <strong>Intelligence gathering:</strong>
en/torusers.wml   133) Military personnel need to use electronic resources run and monitored
en/torusers.wml   134) by insurgents. Obviously, they do not want the server logs on an insurgent
en/torusers.wml   135) website to show a military address, revealing their surveillance.
en/torusers.wml   136) </li>
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en/torusers.wml   138) </ul>
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en/torusers.wml   142) <h2>Journalists and their audience use Tor</h2>
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en/torusers.wml   144) <ul>
en/torusers.wml   145) <li><strong>
en/torusers.wml   146) <a href="http://www.rsf.org/">Reporters without Borders</a></strong>
en/torusers.wml   147) tracks internet prisoners of conscience and
en/torusers.wml   148) jailed or harmed journalists all over the world. They advise
en/torusers.wml   149) journalists, sources, bloggers, and dissidents to use Tor to
en/torusers.wml   150) ensure their privacy and safety.
en/torusers.wml   151) </li>
en/torusers.wml   152) 
en/torusers.wml   153) <li>
en/torusers.wml   154) <strong>The US <a href="http://www.ibb.gov/">International Broadcasting
en/torusers.wml   155) Bureau</a></strong> (Voice of America/Radio Free Europe/Radio Free Asia)
en/torusers.wml   156) supports Tor development to help Internet users in countries without
en/torusers.wml   157) safe access to free media.  Tor
en/torusers.wml   158) preserves the ability of persons behind national firewalls or under
en/torusers.wml   159) the surveillance of repressive regimes to obtain
en/torusers.wml   160) a global perspective on controversial topics including democracy,
en/torusers.wml   161) economics and religion.
en/torusers.wml   162) </li>
en/torusers.wml   163) 
en/torusers.wml   164) <li>
en/torusers.wml   165) Although we often think of foreign journalists working in far off lands,
en/torusers.wml   166) <strong>citizen journalists in China and other
en/torusers.wml   167) <a href="http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=554">Internet black holes</a>
en/torusers.wml   168) use Tor to write about local events</strong> and to encourage social
en/torusers.wml   169) change and political reform, more secure that there will not be a knock
en/torusers.wml   170) on the door at midnight.
en/torusers.wml   171) </li>
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en/torusers.wml   173) </ul>
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en/torusers.wml   176) <h2>Law enforcement officers use Tor</h2>
en/torusers.wml   177) <ul>
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en/torusers.wml   179) <li>
en/torusers.wml   180) <strong>Online surveillance:</strong>
en/torusers.wml   181) Tor allows officials to surf questionable web sites and services
en/torusers.wml   182) without leaving tell-tale tracks.  If the system administrator of an
en/torusers.wml   183) illegal gambling site, for example, were to see multiple connections from
en/torusers.wml   184) governmental or law enforcement computers in usage logs, investigations
en/torusers.wml   185) would be hampered.
en/torusers.wml   186) </strong>
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en/torusers.wml   188) <li>
en/torusers.wml   189) <strong>Sting operations:</strong>
en/torusers.wml   190) Similarly, anonymity allows law officers to engage in online
en/torusers.wml   191) &ldquo;undercover &rdquo; operations.  Regardless of how good an
en/torusers.wml   192) undercover officer's &ldquo;street cred&rdquo; may be, if his or her
en/torusers.wml   193) email headers include nypd.nyc.ny.state.us, his or her cover is blown.
en/torusers.wml   194) </li>
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en/torusers.wml   196) <li>
en/torusers.wml   197) <strong>Truly anonymous tip lines:</strong>
en/torusers.wml   198) While online anonymous tip lines are popular, without anonymity
en/torusers.wml   199) software, they are far less useful.  Sophisticated sources understand that
en/torusers.wml   200) although a name or email address is not attached to information, server
en/torusers.wml   201) logs can identify them very quickly.  As a result, tip line web sites that
en/torusers.wml   202) do not encourage anonymity are limiting the sources of their tips.
en/torusers.wml   203) </li>
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en/whousestor.wml 205) </ul>
en/whousestor.wml 206) 
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en/torusers.wml   209) <h2>Activists & whistleblowers use Tor</h2>
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en/torusers.wml   212) <li>
en/torusers.wml   213) <strong>Human rights activists use Tor to anonymously report abuses from
en/torusers.wml   214) danger zones.</strong>  Internationally, labor rights workers use Tor and other
en/torusers.wml   215) forms of online and offline anonymity to organize workers in accordance
en/torusers.wml   216) with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Even though they are within
en/torusers.wml   217) the law, it does not mean they are safe. Tor provides the ability to
en/torusers.wml   218) avoid persecution while still raising a voice.
en/torusers.wml   219) </li>
en/torusers.wml   220) 
en/torusers.wml   221) <li>
en/torusers.wml   222) When groups such as the <strong>Friends Service Committee and environmental
en/torusers.wml   223) groups are increasingly
en/torusers.wml   224) <a href="http://www.afsc.org/news/2005/government-spying.htm">falling under surveillance</a>
en/torusers.wml   225) in the United States</strong>
en/torusers.wml   226) under laws meant to protect against terrorism, many peaceful agents of
en/torusers.wml   227) change rely on Tor for basic privacy during legitimate activities.
en/torusers.wml   228) </li>
en/torusers.wml   229) 
en/torusers.wml   230) <li>
en/torusers.wml   231) <strong><a href="http://hrw.org/doc/?t=internet">Human Rights Watch</a></strong>
en/torusers.wml   232) recommends Tor
en/torusers.wml   233) in their report, &ldquo;
en/torusers.wml   234) <a href="http://www.hrw.org/reports/2006/china0806/">Race to the Bottom: Corporate
en/torusers.wml   235) Complicity in Chinese Internet Censorship</a>.&rdquo; The study
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en/whousestor.wml 236) co-author interviewed Roger Dingledine, Tor project leader,
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en/whousestor.wml 237) on Tor use.  They cover Tor in the section on how to breach the <a
en/whousestor.wml 238) href="http://www.hrw.org/reports/2006/china0806/3.htm#_Toc142395820">&ldquo;Great
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en/torusers.wml   239) Firewall of China,&rdquo;</a>
en/torusers.wml   240) and recommend that human rights workers throughout
en/torusers.wml   241) the globe use Tor for &ldquo;secure browsing and communications.&rdquo;
en/torusers.wml   242) </li>
en/torusers.wml   243) 
en/torusers.wml   244) <li>
en/torusers.wml   245) Tor has consulted with and volunteered help to <strong>Amnesty International's
en/torusers.wml   246) recent
en/torusers.wml   247) <a href="http://irrepressible.info/">corporate responsibility campaign</a></strong>.
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en/whousestor.wml 248) See also their <a
en/whousestor.wml 249) href="http://irrepressible.info/static/pdf/FOE-in-china-2006-lores.pdf">full
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en/torusers.wml   250) report</a> on China Internet issues.
en/torusers.wml   251) </li>
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en/torusers.wml   253) <li>
en/torusers.wml   254) <a href="http://www.globalvoicesonline.org">Global Voices</a>
en/torusers.wml   255) can't stop recommending Tor, especially for <strong>anonynomous blogging</strong>,
en/torusers.wml   256) throughout their <a
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en/whousestor.wml 257) href="http://www.google.com/search?q=site:www.globalvoicesonline.org+tor">
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en/torusers.wml   258) web site.</a>
en/torusers.wml   259) </li>
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en/torusers.wml   261) <li>
en/torusers.wml   262) In the US, the Supreme Court recently stripped legal protections from
en/torusers.wml   263) government whistleblowers.  But whistleblowers working for governmental
en/torusers.wml   264) transparency or corporate accountability can use Tor to seek justice
en/torusers.wml   265) without personal repercussions.
en/torusers.wml   266) </li>
en/torusers.wml   267) 
en/torusers.wml   268) <li>
en/torusers.wml   269) A contact of ours who works with a public health nonprofit in
en/torusers.wml   270) Africa reports that his nonprofit
en/torusers.wml   271) <strong>must budget 10% to cover various sorts of corruption</strong>,
en/torusers.wml   272) mostly bribes and such.  When that percentage
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en/whousestor.wml 273) rises steeply, not only can they not afford the money, but they can
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en/whousestor.wml 274) not afford to complain &mdash; this is the point at which open objection can
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en/torusers.wml   275) become dangerous.  So his nonprofit has been working to
en/torusers.wml   276) <strong>use Tor to safely whistleblow on governmental corruption</strong>
en/torusers.wml   277) in order to continue their work.
en/torusers.wml   278) </li>
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en/torusers.wml   280) <li>
en/torusers.wml   281) At a recent conference a Tor staffer ran into a woman who came from
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en/whousestor.wml 282) a &ldquo;company town&rdquo; in a mountainous area of the
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en/whousestor.wml 283) eastern United States. She was attempting to blog anonymously to rally
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en/torusers.wml   284) local residents to
en/torusers.wml   285) <strong>urge reform on the company</strong> that dominated the town's
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en/whousestor.wml 286) economic and governmental affairs, fully cognizant that the kind of
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en/torusers.wml   287) organizing she was doing <strong>could lead to harm or &ldquo;fatal
en/torusers.wml   288) accidents.&rdquo;</strong>
en/torusers.wml   289) </li>
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en/torusers.wml   291) <li>
en/torusers.wml   292) In east Asia, some labor organizers use anonymity to <strong>reveal information
en/torusers.wml   293) regarding sweatshops</strong> that produce goods for western countries and to
en/torusers.wml   294) organize local labor.
en/torusers.wml   295) </li>
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en/whousestor.wml 297) </ul>
en/whousestor.wml 298) 
en/whousestor.wml 299) 
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en/torusers.wml   300) <h2>Both high and low profile people use Tor</h2>
en/torusers.wml   301) <ul>
en/torusers.wml   302) 
en/torusers.wml   303) <li>
en/torusers.wml   304) Does being in the public spotlight shut you off from having a private
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en/whousestor.wml 305) life, forever, online?  A rural lawyer in a small New England state keeps
en/whousestor.wml 306) an anonymous blog because, with the diverse clientele at his prestigious
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en/torusers.wml   307) law firm, <strong>his political beliefs are bound to offend someone</strong>.  Yet, he
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en/whousestor.wml 308) doesn't want to remain silent on issues he cares about.  Tor helps him
en/whousestor.wml 309) feel secure that he can express his opinion without consequences to his
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en/torusers.wml   310) public role.
en/torusers.wml   311) </li>
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en/torusers.wml   313) <li>People living in poverty often don't participate fully in civil society
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en/whousestor.wml 314) -- not out of ignorance or apathy, but out of fear.  If something you
en/whousestor.wml 315) write were to get back to your boss, would you lose your job?  If your
en/whousestor.wml 316) social worker read about your opinion of the system, would she treat
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en/torusers.wml   317) you differently?  Anonymity gives a voice to the voiceless.
en/torusers.wml   318) To support this,
en/torusers.wml   319) <strong>Tor currently has an open Americorps/VISTA position</strong> pending.  This
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en/whousestor.wml 320) government grant will cover a full time stipend for a volunteer to create
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en/torusers.wml   321) curricula to <strong>show low-income populations how to use anonymity online for
en/torusers.wml   322) safer civic engagement</strong>.  Although it's often said that the poor do not use
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en/whousestor.wml 323) online access for civic engagment, failing to act in their self-interests,
en/whousestor.wml 324) it is our hypothesis (based on personal conversations and anecdotal
en/whousestor.wml 325) information) that it is precisely the &ldquo;permanent record &rdquo;
en/whousestor.wml 326) left online that keeps many of the poor from speaking out on the Internet.
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en/torusers.wml   327) We hope to show people how to engage more safely online, and then at
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en/whousestor.wml 328) the end of the year, evaluate how online and offline civic engagement has
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en/torusers.wml   329) changed, and how the population sees this continuing into the future.
en/torusers.wml   330) </li>
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en/whousestor.wml 332) </ul>
en/whousestor.wml 333) 
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en/whousestor.wml 334) 
en/whousestor.wml 335) <h2>Business executives use Tor</h2>
en/whousestor.wml 336) <ul>
en/whousestor.wml 337) 
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en/torusers.wml   338) <li>
en/torusers.wml   339) <strong>Security breach information clearinghouses:</strong>
en/torusers.wml   340) Say a financial institution participates in a security clearinghouse
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en/whousestor.wml 341) of information on Internet attacks.  Such a repository requires members
en/whousestor.wml 342) to report breaches to a central group, who correlates attacks to detect
en/whousestor.wml 343) coordinated patterns and send out alerts.  But if a specific bank in
en/whousestor.wml 344) St. Louis is breached, they don't want an attacker watching the incoming
en/whousestor.wml 345) traffic to such a repository to be able to track where information is
en/whousestor.wml 346) coming from.  Even though every packet were encrypted, the Internet
en/whousestor.wml 347) address would betray the location of a compromised system.  Tor allows
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en/torusers.wml   348) such repositories of sensitive information to resist compromises.
en/torusers.wml   349) </li>
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en/torusers.wml   351) <li>
en/torusers.wml   352) <strong>Seeing your competition as your market does:</strong>
en/torusers.wml   353) If you try to check out a competitor's pricing, you may find no
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en/whousestor.wml 354) information or misleading information on their web site.  This is because
en/whousestor.wml 355) their web server may be keyed to detect connections from competitors,
en/whousestor.wml 356) and block or spread disinformation to your staff.  Tor allows a business
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en/torusers.wml   357) to view their sector as the general public would view it.
en/torusers.wml   358) </li>
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en/torusers.wml   360) <li>
en/torusers.wml   361) <strong>Keeping strategies confidential:</strong>
en/torusers.wml   362) An investment bank, for example, might not want industry snoopers to be
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en/whousestor.wml 363) able to track what web sites their analysts are watching.  The strategic
en/whousestor.wml 364) importance of traffic patterns, and the vulnerability of the surveillance
en/whousestor.wml 365) of such data, is starting to be more widely recognized in several areas
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en/torusers.wml   366) of the business world.
en/torusers.wml   367) </li>
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en/torusers.wml   369) <li>
en/torusers.wml   370) <strong>Accountability:</strong>
en/torusers.wml   371) In an age when irresponsible and unreported corporate activity has
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en/whousestor.wml 372) undermined multi-billion dollar businesses, an executive exercising true
en/whousestor.wml 373) stewardship wants the whole staff to feel free to disclose internal
en/whousestor.wml 374) malfeasance.  Tor facilitates internal accountability before it turns
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en/torusers.wml   375) into whistleblowing.
en/torusers.wml   376) </li>
en/torusers.wml   377) 
en/torusers.wml   378) </ul>
en/torusers.wml   379) 
en/torusers.wml   380) 
en/torusers.wml   381) <h2>Bloggers use Tor</h2>
en/torusers.wml   382) <ul>
en/torusers.wml   383) <li>
en/torusers.wml   384) Every day we hear about bloggers who are
en/torusers.wml   385) <a href="http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB112541909221726743-Kl4kLxv0wSbjqrkXg_DieY3c8lg_20050930.html">sued</a> or
en/torusers.wml   386) <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/money/workplace/2005-06-14-worker-blogs-usat_x.htm">fired</a>
en/torusers.wml   387) for saying perfectly legal things online, in their blog.  In addition to following
en/torusers.wml   388) the advice in the
en/torusers.wml   389) <a href="http://w2.eff.org/bloggers/lg/">EFF Legal Guide for Bloggers</a>
en/torusers.wml   390) and Reporters Without Borders'
en/torusers.wml   391) <a href="http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=542">Handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents</a>,
en/torusers.wml   392) we recommend using Tor.
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en/whousestor.wml 395) </ul>
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