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<h2>Tor: anonymity online</h2>
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<p>
Tor aims to defend against <a href="<page overview>">traffic analysis</a>,
a form of network surveillance that threatens personal anonymity and
privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state
security.
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Hundreds of thousands of people around the world use Tor for a <a
href="<page whousestor>">wide variety of reasons</a>: journalists and
bloggers, human rights workers,
law enforcement officers, soldiers, corporations, citizens of repressive
regimes, and just ordinary citizens. We have a full page devoted
to explaining exactly <a href="<page overview>">what Tor does, why this
diversity of users is important, and how Tor works</a>.
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<p>
There are three pieces of fine print you need to know about.
First, Tor does not protect you if you do not use it correctly.
Read <a href="<page download>#Warnings">our list of warnings</a> and
make sure to follow the
<a href="<page documentation>#RunningTor">instructions for your platform</a>
carefully. Second, even if you configure and use Tor correctly,
there are still
<a href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#RemainingAttacks"
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potential attacks that could compromise Tor's ability to protect you</a>.
Third, no anonymity system is perfect these days, and Tor is no exception:
you should not rely solely on the current Tor network if you really need
strong anonymity.
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<p>
Tor works by bouncing your traffic around a set of relays run by
volunteers all around the world. Tor's security improves as its user
base grows and as more people volunteer to
<a href="<page docs/tor-doc-relay>">run a relay</a>. It isn't
nearly as hard to set up as you might think, and can significantly
<a href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#ServerAnonymity">
enhance your own security against some attacks</a>.
If running a relay isn't for you, we need
<a href="<page volunteer>">help with many other aspects of the project</a>,
and we need funds to <a
href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#Funding">continue
making the Tor network faster and easier to use while maintaining good
security</a>.
<a href="<page donate>">Please donate.</a>
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<ul>
<li>Oct 2007: As many of you know, The Tor Project became an <a
href="<page people>">independent and official nonprofit</a> this past
February. We did this so we could accept grants from groups who
only donate to NGOs, and so our donors could deduct qualifying
<a href="<page donate>">donations</a> made to us.
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We'd like to extend our profound thanks to the <a
href="https://www.eff.org/">Electronic Frontier Foundation</a> for their
past support, fiscal sponsorship, and help in hosting some of our web
pages, and for their continued mentorship of and counsel to our
fledgling nonprofit organization.</li>
<li>Aug 2007: <strong>Please update your Tor software!</strong>  The
latest versions (stable: 0.1.2.17; development: 0.2.0.6-alpha)
patch a significant security vulnerability.  See the <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Aug-2007/msg00000.html">release
announcement</a> for more information.</li>
<li><b>We are actively looking for new sponsors and funding.</b>
If your organization has an interest in keeping the Tor network usable
and fast, please <a href="<page contact>">contact us</a>. Sponsors of Tor
also get personal attention, better support, publicity (if they want it),
and get to influence the direction of our research and development.</li>
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