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9)     <a href="<page home>">Home &raquo; </a>
10)     <a href="<page about/about>">About</a>
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13)     <h1>Tor Overview</h1>

14)     <p>Tor is a network of virtual tunnels that allows people and groups to
15) improve their privacy and security on the Internet. It also enables software
16) developers to create new communication tools with built-in privacy features. Tor
17) provides the foundation for a range of applications that allow organizations and
18) individuals to share information over public networks without compromising their
19) privacy.</p>
20)     <p>Individuals use Tor to keep websites from tracking them and their family
21) members, or to connect to news sites, instant messaging services, and the like
22) when these are blocked by their local Internet providers. Tor's <a
23) href="<page docs/hidden-services>">hidden services</a> let users publish web sites and other services
24) without needing to reveal the location of the site. Individuals also use Tor for
25) socially sensitive communication: chat rooms and web forums for rape and abuse
26) survivors, or people with illnesses.</p>
27)     <p>Journalists use Tor to communicate more safely with whistleblowers and
28) dissidents. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) use Tor to allow their workers
29) to connect to their home website while they're in a foreign country, without
30) notifying everybody nearby that they're working with that organization.</p>
31)     <p>Groups such as Indymedia recommend Tor for safeguarding their members'
32) online privacy and security. Activist groups like the <a
33) href="http://www.eff.org/">Electronic Frontier Foundation</a> (EFF) recommend
34) Tor as a mechanism for maintaining civil liberties online. Corporations use Tor
35) as a safe way to conduct competitive analysis, and to protect sensitive
36) procurement patterns from eavesdroppers. They also use it to replace traditional
37) VPNs, which reveal the exact amount and timing of communication. Which locations
38) have employees working late? Which locations have employees consulting
39) job-hunting websites? Which research divisions are communicating with the
40) company's patent lawyers?</p>
41)     <p>A branch of the U.S. Navy uses Tor for open source intelligence
42) gathering, and one of its teams used Tor while deployed in the Middle East
43) recently. Law enforcement uses Tor for visiting or surveilling web sites without
44) leaving government IP addresses in their web logs, and for security during sting
45) operations.</p>
46)     <p>The <a href="<page about/corepeople>">variety of people</a> who use Tor
47) is actually part of <a href="<page about/overview>">what makes it so secure</a>.
48) Tor hides you among the other users on the network, so the more populous and
49) diverse the user base for Tor is, the more your anonymity will be protected.</p>