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<h2>Why You Need Tor</h2>
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<p>The vast majority of Internet traffic passes along public routes, making it
relatively easy for prying eyes to view your comings and goings -- and even
link some important financial or personal information to you!</p>
<p>Snoopers can get your information almost anywhere:</p>
<ul>
<li>Your Internet service provider</li>
<li>Your favorite website or online store</li>
<li>Your favorite coffee shop or cafe with free wifi</li>
</ul>
<p>These snooping activities are commonly called traffic analysis. Corporations,
marketing organizations, governments, and other parties are becoming
increasingly sophisticated at it.</p>
<p>Traffic Analysis enables: </p>
<ul>
<li>Politically rigid governments to compile lists of citizens reading outlawed
journals</li>
<li>Thieves, spammers, and phishers to launch progressively sophisticated·and
personalized attacks</li>
<li>Corporations can collect and aggregate online browsing and chatting behavior for better ad-targeting and profiling.</li>
</ul>
<p>For some people, this electronic spying is a nuisance that can affect their
pocketbook; for others, it jeopardizes their personal security.</p>
<p>Since 2001, the Tor Project has been developing free and
open-source software that helps provide anonymity for Internet users. It works
by allowing users
to travel the web on a circuitous route over more than 1000 servers positioned
around the world. When you use Tor, your route on the Internet is indirect,
so snoops have a difficult time following your path and seizing vital
information. Tor also has special functionality, called hidden services,
that allows you to run websites without revealing their location.</p>
<p>Tor is compatible with different operating systems, such as Microsoft
Windows, Apple Mac, and various versions of Linux. Tor works with most
programs that connect your computer to the Internet.</p>