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 <h2>Tor: an anonymous Internet communication system</h2>
 
 <p>
-The right to speak anonymously is <a
-href="http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Anonymity/">protected by the First
-Amendment</a> in the United States and is crucial for safety, privacy,
-and free expression on the global Internet. People who need anonymity
-online range from whistleblowers and political dissidents to people
-giving tips to the police and kids who are exploring online.
+Tor is a toolset for a wide range of organizations and people who want
+to improve their safety and security on the Internet. Using Tor can help
+you anonymize web browsing and publishing, instant messaging, IRC, SSH,
+and more. Tor also provides a platform on which software developers can
+build new applications with built-in anonymity, safety, and privacy
+features.
 </p>
 
 <p>
-Tor helps these people by allowing them to communicate anonymously on the
-Internet. It can anonymize web browsing, instant messaging, IRC, SSH, and
-more. Your identity is hidden because communications are bounced around
-a distributed network of servers called <a href="howitworks.html">onion
-routers</a> -- this system makes it hard for recipients, observers,
-and even the onion routers themselves to track the source of the stream.
+Your traffic is safer when you use Tor because communications
+are bounced around a distributed network of servers called <a
+href="howitworks.html">onion routers</a> -- this makes it hard for
+recipients, observers, and even the onion routers themselves to figure
+out who and where you are. Tor's technology aims to provide Internet
+users with protection against <em>traffic analysis</em>, a form of
+network surveillance that threatens personal anonymity and privacy,
+confidential business activities and relationships, and state security.
 </p>
 
 <p>
-Tor development is now supported by a grant from
-the <a href="http://www.eff.org/">Electronic Frontier
-Foundation</a>. The more people use Tor and volunteer to
-run servers, the better this service will be. Please consider <a
-href="cvs/tor/doc/tor-doc.html#installing">installing
-it</a> and then <a
-href="cvs/tor/doc/tor-doc.html#server">helping
-out</a>. You can also <a href="documentation.html">learn more about Tor here</a>.
+Traffic analysis is used every day by companies, governments, and
+individuals who want to keep track of where people and organizations go
+and what they do on the Internet.  Instead of looking at the content of
+your communications, traffic analysis tracks where they go. For example,
+online advertising company Doubleclick uses traffic analysis to record
+what webpages you've visited, and can build a profile of your interests
+from that. A pharmaceutical company could use traffic analysis to monitor
+when the research wing of a competitor visits its website, and track
+what pages or products the competitor is interested in. IBM hosts a
+searchable patent index, and it could keep a list of every query your
+company makes. A stalker could use traffic analysis to learn whether
+you're in a certain Internet cafe.
 </p>
 
 <p>
-Remember that this is development code -- it's not a good idea to rely
+Tor aims to make traffic analysis more difficult by preventing
+eavesdroppers from finding out where your communications are going
+online, and by letting you decide whether to identify yourself when
+you communicate.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Currently, Tor development is supported by the <a
+href="http://www.eff.org/">Electronic Frontier Foundation</a>.
+Tor's security is improved as its user base grows and as
+more people volunteer to run servers.  Please consider <a
+href="cvs/tor/doc/tor-doc.html#installing">installing it</a> and then
+<a href="cvs/tor/doc/tor-doc.html#server">helping out</a>. You can also
+<a href="documentation.html">learn more about Tor here</a>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Tor is an important piece of building more safety, privacy, and anonymity
+online, but it is not a complete solution.
+And remember that this is development code; it's not a good idea to rely
 on the current Tor network if you really need strong anonymity.
 </p>
 


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25	25	<h2>Tor: How It Works</h2>
26	26
27	27	<p>
28		-<a href="overview.html">Basic Tor Overview</a>: what Tor does, why it
	28	+<a href="overview.html">Basic Tor Overview</a>: what Tor provides, why it
29	29	matters, how it works.
30	30	</p>
31	31

...	...	@@ -26,36 +26,61 @@
26	26	<h2>Tor: an anonymous Internet communication system</h2>
27	27
28	28	<p>
29		-The right to speak anonymously is <a
30		-href="http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Anonymity/">protected by the First
31		-Amendment</a> in the United States and is crucial for safety, privacy,
32		-and free expression on the global Internet. People who need anonymity
33		-online range from whistleblowers and political dissidents to people
34		-giving tips to the police and kids who are exploring online.
	29	+Tor is a toolset for a wide range of organizations and people who want
	30	+to improve their safety and security on the Internet. Using Tor can help
	31	+you anonymize web browsing and publishing, instant messaging, IRC, SSH,
	32	+and more. Tor also provides a platform on which software developers can
	33	+build new applications with built-in anonymity, safety, and privacy
	34	+features.
35	35	</p>
36	36
37	37	<p>
38		-Tor helps these people by allowing them to communicate anonymously on the
39		-Internet. It can anonymize web browsing, instant messaging, IRC, SSH, and
40		-more. Your identity is hidden because communications are bounced around
41		-a distributed network of servers called <a href="howitworks.html">onion
42		-routers</a> -- this system makes it hard for recipients, observers,
43		-and even the onion routers themselves to track the source of the stream.
	38	+Your traffic is safer when you use Tor because communications
	39	+are bounced around a distributed network of servers called <a
	40	+href="howitworks.html">onion routers</a> -- this makes it hard for
	41	+recipients, observers, and even the onion routers themselves to figure
	42	+out who and where you are. Tor's technology aims to provide Internet
	43	+users with protection against <em>traffic analysis</em>, a form of
	44	+network surveillance that threatens personal anonymity and privacy,
	45	+confidential business activities and relationships, and state security.
44	46	</p>
45	47
46	48	<p>
47		-Tor development is now supported by a grant from
48		-the <a href="http://www.eff.org/">Electronic Frontier
49		-Foundation</a>. The more people use Tor and volunteer to
50		-run servers, the better this service will be. Please consider <a
51		-href="cvs/tor/doc/tor-doc.html#installing">installing
52		-it</a> and then <a
53		-href="cvs/tor/doc/tor-doc.html#server">helping
54		-out</a>. You can also <a href="documentation.html">learn more about Tor here</a>.
	49	+Traffic analysis is used every day by companies, governments, and
	50	+individuals who want to keep track of where people and organizations go
	51	+and what they do on the Internet. Instead of looking at the content of
	52	+your communications, traffic analysis tracks where they go. For example,
	53	+online advertising company Doubleclick uses traffic analysis to record
	54	+what webpages you've visited, and can build a profile of your interests
	55	+from that. A pharmaceutical company could use traffic analysis to monitor
	56	+when the research wing of a competitor visits its website, and track
	57	+what pages or products the competitor is interested in. IBM hosts a
	58	+searchable patent index, and it could keep a list of every query your
	59	+company makes. A stalker could use traffic analysis to learn whether
	60	+you're in a certain Internet cafe.
55	61	</p>
56	62
57	63	<p>
58		-Remember that this is development code -- it's not a good idea to rely
	64	+Tor aims to make traffic analysis more difficult by preventing
	65	+eavesdroppers from finding out where your communications are going
	66	+online, and by letting you decide whether to identify yourself when
	67	+you communicate.
	68	+</p>
	69	+
	70	+<p>
	71	+Currently, Tor development is supported by the <a
	72	+href="http://www.eff.org/">Electronic Frontier Foundation</a>.
	73	+Tor's security is improved as its user base grows and as
	74	+more people volunteer to run servers. Please consider <a
	75	+href="cvs/tor/doc/tor-doc.html#installing">installing it</a> and then
	76	+<a href="cvs/tor/doc/tor-doc.html#server">helping out</a>. You can also
	77	+<a href="documentation.html">learn more about Tor here</a>.
	78	+</p>
	79	+
	80	+<p>
	81	+Tor is an important piece of building more safety, privacy, and anonymity
	82	+online, but it is not a complete solution.
	83	+And remember that this is development code; it's not a good idea to rely
59	84	on the current Tor network if you really need strong anonymity.
60	85	</p>
61	86
62	87