Simplify the text of the index page, clean up the donation ask, get rid of the scary warnings that no one reads, emphasize we're free software and open network
Andrew Lewman commited on 2009-03-03 05:30:02
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<p><a href="<page 30seconds>">What is Tor?</a></p> |
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<p><a href="<page torusers>">Who uses Tor?</a></p> |
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-<p><a href="<page overview>">How does Tor work in detail?</a></p> |
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+<p><a href="<page overview>">Want more detail?</a></p> |
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<div class="downloadbutton"> |
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<p><a href="<page easy-download>">Download Tor</a></p> |
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-<p>Tor is a software project that helps you defend against <a |
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-href="<page overview>">traffic analysis</a>, a form of network |
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+<p>Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network |
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surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential |
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-business activities and relationships, and state security. |
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-Tor protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed |
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+business activities and relationships, and state security known as <a |
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+href="<page overview>">traffic analysis</a>.</p> |
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+<p>Tor protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed |
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network of relays run by volunteers all around the world: it prevents |
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somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you |
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visit, and it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical |
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-location. |
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-Tor works with many of your |
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-existing applications, including web browsers, instant messaging |
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-clients, remote login, and other applications based on the |
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-TCP protocol. |
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+location. Tor works with many of your existing applications, including web browsers, instant messaging |
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+clients, remote login, and other applications based on the TCP protocol. |
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</p> |
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<p> Hundreds of thousands of people around the world use Tor for a |
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-wide variety of reasons: journalists and |
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-bloggers, human rights workers, law enforcement officers, soldiers, |
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-corporations, citizens of repressive regimes, and just ordinary |
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-citizens. See the <a href="<page torusers>">Who Uses Tor?</a> page for |
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-examples of typical Tor users. |
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-See the <a href="<page overview>">overview page</a> for a |
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-more detailed explanation of what Tor does, why this diversity of |
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-users is important, and how Tor works. |
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+wide variety of reasons: journalists and bloggers, human rights workers, law enforcement officers, soldiers, |
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+corporations, citizens of repressive regimes, and just ordinary citizens. See the <a href="<page torusers>">Who Uses Tor?</a> page for |
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+examples of typical Tor users. See the <a href="<page overview>">overview page</a> for a |
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+more detailed explanation of what Tor does, why this diversity of users is important, and how Tor works. |
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</p> |
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-<p> |
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-There are three pieces of fine print you need to know about. |
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-</p> |
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-<ol> |
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-<li>Tor does not protect you if you do not use it correctly. |
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-Read <a href="<page download>#Warning">our list of warnings</a> and |
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-make sure to follow the |
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-<a href="<page documentation>#RunningTor">instructions for your platform</a> |
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-carefully.</li> |
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-<li> Even if you configure and use Tor correctly, there are still |
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-<a href="https://wiki.torproject.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#RemainingAttacks" |
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-> |
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-potential attacks that could compromise Tor's ability to protect |
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-you</a>.</li> |
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-<li>No anonymity system is perfect these days, and Tor is no exception: |
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-you should not rely solely on the current Tor network if you really need |
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-strong anonymity.</li> |
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-</ol> |
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Tor's security improves as its user |
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base grows and as more people volunteer to |
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<a href="<page docs/tor-doc-relay>">run relays</a>. (It isn't |
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nearly as hard to set up as you might think, and can significantly |
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<a href="https://wiki.torproject.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#RelayAnonymity"> |
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-enhance your own security against some attacks</a>.) |
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+enhance your own security</a>.) |
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If running a relay isn't for you, we need |
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<a href="<page volunteer>">help with many other aspects of the project</a>, |
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-and we need funds to <a |
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-href="https://wiki.torproject.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#Funding">continue |
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-making the Tor network faster and easier to use while maintaining good |
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-security</a>. |
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-<a href="<page donate>">Please donate.</a> |
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+and we need funds to continue making the Tor network faster and easier to use while maintaining good |
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+security</a>.</p> |
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+<p>Tor is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit whose mission is to allow you to protect your Internet traffic from analysis. Please make a <a href="<page donate>">tax-deductible donation.</a> |
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