Andrew Lewman commited on 2007-12-17 06:11:02
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<h1>Who uses Tor?</h1> |
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+Tor was originally designed, implemented, and deployed as a third-generation |
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+<a href="http://www.onion-router.net/">onion routing project of the Naval Research Laboratory</a>, |
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+and was originally developed by and for the U.S. Navy for the primary purpose of protecting government communications. |
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+Today, it is used every day for a wide variety of purposes by the military, journalists, law enforcement officers, activists, and many others. Here are some of the specific uses we've seen or recommend. |
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<h2>Everyday, ordinary Internet surfers use Tor</h2> |
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<h2>Militaries use Tor</h2> |
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-<li>Tor was originally designed, implemented, and deployed as a third-generation onion routing project of the Naval Research |
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-Laboratory, and was originally developed by and for the U.S. Navy for the primary purpose of protecting government communications. |
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+<strong>Field Agents:</strong> |
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+It is not difficult for insurgents to monitor internet traffic and |
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+discover all the hotels and other locations from which people are |
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+connecting to known military servers. |
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+Military field agents deployed away from home have used Tor to |
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+mask the sites they are visiting, protecting military interests and |
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+operations, as well as protecting themselves from physical harm. |
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<li><strong>Hidden services:</strong> |
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When the Internet was designed by DARPA, its primary purpose was to be able to facilitate distributed, robust communications in case of |
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local strikes. However, some functions must be centralized, such as command and control sites. It's the nature of the Internet protocols to |
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regarding sweatshops</strong> that produce goods for western countries and to |
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organize local labor. |
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+Tor can help activists avoid government or corporate censorship that hinders organization. |
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+In one such case, a |
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+<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/07/24/telus-sites050724.html">Canadian ISP blocked access to a union website used by their own employees</a> |
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+to help organize a strike. |
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<a link="spotlight"></a> |
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