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en/index.wml  25) <h2>Tor: anonymity online</h2>

en/index.wml  26) <hr />

en/index.wml  27) 

en/index.wml  28) <p>Tor is a software project that helps you defend against <a
en/index.wml  29) href="<page overview>">traffic analysis</a>, a form of network
en/index.wml  30) surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential

en/index.wml  31) business activities and relationships, and state security.
en/index.wml  32) Tor protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed
en/index.wml  33) network of relays run by volunteers all around the world: it prevents
en/index.wml  34) somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you

en/index.wml  35) visit, and it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical
en/index.wml  36) location.

en/index.wml  37) Tor works with many of your

en/index.wml  38) existing applications, including web browsers, instant messaging

en/index.wml  39) clients, remote login, and other applications based on the 

en/index.wml  40) TCP protocol.

en/index.wml  41) </p>
en/index.wml  42) 

en/index.wml  43) <p> Hundreds of thousands of people around the world use Tor for a
en/index.wml  44) wide variety of reasons: journalists and

en/index.wml  45) bloggers, human rights workers, law enforcement officers, soldiers,
en/index.wml  46) corporations, citizens of repressive regimes, and just ordinary

en/index.wml  47) citizens.  See the <a href="<page torusers>">Who Uses Tor?</a> page for

en/index.wml  48) examples of typical Tor users.
en/index.wml  49) See the <a href="<page overview>">overview page</a> for a

en/index.wml  50) more detailed explanation of what Tor does, why this diversity of

en/index.wml  51) users is important, and how Tor works.

en/index.wml  52) </p>
en/index.wml  53) 
en/index.wml  54) <p>

en/index.wml  55) There are three pieces of fine print you need to know about.

en/index.wml  56) </p>

en/index.wml  57) <ol>
en/index.wml  58) <li>Tor does not protect you if you do not use it correctly.

en/index.wml  59) Read <a href="<page download>#Warning">our list of warnings</a> and

en/index.wml  60) make sure to follow the
en/index.wml  61) <a href="<page documentation>#RunningTor">instructions for your platform</a>

en/index.wml  62) carefully.</li>
en/index.wml  63) <li> Even if you configure and use Tor correctly, there are still

en/index.wml  64) <a href="https://wiki.torproject.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#RemainingAttacks"

en/index.wml  65) >

en/index.wml  66) potential attacks that could compromise Tor's ability to protect
en/index.wml  67) you</a>.</li>
en/index.wml  68) <li>No anonymity system is perfect these days, and Tor is no exception:

en/index.wml  69) you should not rely solely on the current Tor network if you really need

en/index.wml  70) strong anonymity.</li>
en/index.wml  71) </ol>

en/index.wml  72) 
en/index.wml  73) <p>

en/index.wml  74) Tor's security improves as its user

en/index.wml  75) base grows and as more people volunteer to

en/index.wml  76) <a href="<page docs/tor-doc-relay>">run relays</a>. (It isn't

en/index.wml  77) nearly as hard to set up as you might think, and can significantly

en/index.wml  78) <a href="https://wiki.torproject.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#RelayAnonymity">

en/index.wml  79) enhance your own security against some attacks</a>.)

en/index.wml  80) If running a relay isn't for you, we need
en/index.wml  81) <a href="<page volunteer>">help with many other aspects of the project</a>,
en/index.wml  82) and we need funds to <a

en/index.wml  83) href="https://wiki.torproject.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#Funding">continue

en/index.wml  84) making the Tor network faster and easier to use while maintaining good
en/index.wml  85) security</a>.
en/index.wml  86) <a href="<page donate>">Please donate.</a>

en/index.wml  87) </p>
en/index.wml  88) 

en/index.wml  89) <a id="News"></a>
en/index.wml  90) <h2><a class="anchor" href="#News">News</a></h2>

en/index.wml  91) <hr />

en/index.wml  92) 

en/index.wml  93) <ul>

en/index.wml  94) <li>Feb 2008: The <a href="https://www.torproject.org/people#Board">Board

en/index.wml  95) of Directors</a> welcomes <a
en/index.wml  96) href="https://blog.torproject.org/blog/isaac-mao-elected-one-our-new-directors">Isaac

en/index.wml  97) Mao</a> to the board.  We thank Rebecca McKinnon for her support and

en/index.wml  98) contributions to the project.</li>
en/index.wml  99) 
en/index.wml 100) <li>Feb 2008: Tor is happy to

en/index.wml 101) announce the <a href="https://blog.torproject.org">official Tor blog</a>.</li>

en/index.wml 102) 

en/index.wml 103) <li>Jan 2008: <a href="<page download>">Tor 0.1.2.19</a> (the latest
en/index.wml 104) stable release) fixes a huge memory leak on exit relays, makes the
en/index.wml 105) default exit policy a little bit more conservative so it's safer to run an exit
en/index.wml 106) relay on a home system, and fixes a variety of smaller issues. Please
en/index.wml 107) upgrade.  Full <a
en/index.wml 108) href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Jan-2008/msg00000.html">release
en/index.wml 109) notes</a> are available.</li>

en/index.wml 110) 

en/index.wml 111) <li><b>We are actively looking for new sponsors and funding.</b>

en/index.wml 112) If your organization has an interest in keeping the Tor network usable
en/index.wml 113) and fast, please <a href="<page contact>">contact us</a>. Sponsors of Tor
en/index.wml 114) also get personal attention, better support, publicity (if they want it),

en/index.wml 115) and get to influence the direction of our research and development.  

en/index.wml 116) <a href="<page donate>">Please donate.</a></li>
en/index.wml 117) 

en/index.wml 118) </ul>

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