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@@ -9,16 +9,28 @@

 <div class="main-column">

 <h1>Who uses Tor?</h1>

+<ul>

+<li><a href="<page torusers>#normalusers">Everyday, ordinary Internet users use Tor</a></li>

+<li><a href="<page torusers>#military">Militaries use Tor</a></li>

+<li><a href="<page torusers>#journalist">Journalists and their audience use Tor</a></li>

+<li><a href="<page torusers>#lawenforcement">Law enforcement officers use Tor</a></li>

+<li><a href="<page torusers>#activists">Activists &amp; Whistleblowers use Tor</a></li>

+<li><a href="<page torusers>#spotlight">Both high and low profile people use Tor</a></li>

+<li><a href="<page torusers>#executives">Business executives use Tor</a></li>

+<li><a href="<page torusers>#bloggers">Bloggers use Tor</a></li>

+</ul>

+<p>

+<h2>Inception</h2>

 <p>

 Tor was originally designed, implemented, and deployed as a third-generation

-<a href="http://www.onion-router.net/">onion routing project of the Naval Research Laboratory</a>,

-and was originally developed by and for the U.S. Navy for the primary purpose of protecting government communications.

+<a href="http://www.onion-router.net/">onion routing project of the Naval Research Laboratory</a>.

+It was originally developed by, and for, the U.S. Navy for the primary purpose of protecting government communications.

 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.

 </p>

 <a link="normalusers"></a>

-<h2>Everyday, ordinary Internet surfers use Tor</h2>

+<h2><a class="anchor" href="#normalusers">Everyday, ordinary Internet users use Tor</a></h2>

 <ul>

 <li><strong>They protect their privacy from unscrupulous marketers and identity thieves.</strong>

 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/article/29449-compete-ceo-isps-sell-clickstreams-for-5-a-month">

@@ -30,7 +42,7 @@ has proven incorrect</a>.  A full record of every site you visit, the text of ev

 userid and even password information can still be part of this data.  In addition to your ISP, the websites (<a href="http://www.google.com/privacy_faq.html">and search engines</a>) you visit have their own logs, containing the same or more information.

 </li>

 <li><strong> They protect their communications from irresponsible corporations.</strong>

-All over the net, Tor is being recommended to people newly concerned about their privacy in the face of increasing breaches and betrayals of

+All over the Internet, Tor is being recommended to people newly concerned about their privacy in the face of increasing breaches and betrayals of

 private data. From <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11048">lost backup tapes</a>, to

 <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/09/technology/09aol.html?ex=1312776000&en=f6f61949c6da4d38&ei=5090">giving away the data to researchers</a>,

 your data is often not well protected by those you are supposed to trust to keep it safe.

@@ -43,14 +55,12 @@ In the United States, the government is pushing to make this mapping increasingl

 <li><strong>They research sensitive topics.</strong>

 There's a wealth of information available online. But perhaps in your country, access to information on AIDS, birth control,

 <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/03/tech/main531567.shtml">Tibetan culture</a>,

-or world religions is behind a national firewall.  Or perhaps you are worried that if you research a particular set of

-symptoms, at some later date an insurance company might buy the logs of the websites you visited and establish that

-you had suspicions of a pre-existing condition.

+or world religions is behind a national firewall.  

 </li>

 </ul>

 <a link="military"></a>

-<h2>Militaries use Tor</h2>

+<h2><a class="anchor" href="#military">Militaries use Tor</a></h2>

 <ul>

 <li>

@@ -58,7 +68,7 @@ you had suspicions of a pre-existing condition.

 It is not difficult for insurgents to monitor internet traffic and

 discover all the hotels and other locations from which people are

 connecting to known military servers.

-Military field agents deployed away from home have used Tor to

+Military field agents deployed away from home use Tor to

 mask the sites they are visiting, protecting military interests and

 operations, as well as protecting themselves from physical harm.

 </li>

@@ -76,7 +86,7 @@ to record a military address, thereby revealing the surveillance.

 </ul>

 <a link="journalist"></a>

-<h2>Journalists and their audience use Tor</h2>

+<h2><a class="anchor" href="#journalist">Journalists and their audience use Tor</a></h2>

 <ul>

 <li><strong><a href="http://www.rsf.org/">Reporters without Borders</a></strong>

 tracks internet prisoners of conscience and jailed or harmed journalists all over the world. They advise

@@ -100,7 +110,7 @@ avoid risking the personal consequences of intellectual curiosity.

 </ul>

 <a link="lawenforcement"></a>

-<h2>Law enforcement officers use Tor</h2>

+<h2><a class="anchor" href="#lawenforcement">Law enforcement officers use Tor</a></h2>

 <ul>

 <li><strong>Online surveillance:</strong>

 Tor allows officials to surf questionable web sites and services

@@ -113,7 +123,7 @@ may be hampered.

 Similarly, anonymity allows law officers to engage in online

 “undercover ” operations.  Regardless of how good an

 undercover officer's “street cred” may be, if the 

-communications include nypd.nyc.ny.state.us, the cover is blown.

+communications include IP ranges from police addresses, the cover is blown.

 </li>

 <li><strong>Truly anonymous tip lines:</strong>

 While online anonymous tip lines are popular, without anonymity

@@ -125,7 +135,7 @@ do not encourage anonymity are limiting the sources of their tips.

 </ul>

 <a link="activists"></a>

-<h2>Activists &amp; whistleblowers use Tor</h2>

+<h2><a class="anchor" href="#activists">Activists &amp; Whistleblowers use Tor</a></h2>

 <ul>

 <li><strong>Human rights activists use Tor to anonymously report abuses from

 danger zones.</strong>  Internationally, labor rights workers use Tor and other

@@ -191,7 +201,7 @@ to help organize a strike.

 </ul>

 <a link="spotlight"></a>

-<h2>Both high and low profile people use Tor</h2>

+<h2><a class="anchor" href="#spotlight">Both high and low profile people use Tor</a></h2>

 <ul>

 <li>Does being in the public spotlight shut you off from having a private

 life, forever, online?  A rural lawyer in a New England state keeps

@@ -221,14 +231,13 @@ changed, and how the population sees this continuing into the future.

 </ul>

 <a link="executives"></a>

-<h2>Business executives use Tor</h2>

+<h2><a class="anchor" href="#executives">Business executives use Tor</a></h2>

 <ul>

 <li><strong>Security breach information clearinghouses:</strong>

 Say a financial institution participates in a security clearinghouse

 of information on Internet attacks.  Such a repository requires members

 to report breaches to a central group, who correlates attacks to detect

-coordinated patterns and send out alerts.  But if a specific bank in

-St. Louis is breached, they don't want an attacker watching the incoming

+coordinated patterns and send out alerts.  But if a specific bank in St. Louis is breached, they don't want an attacker watching the incoming

 traffic to such a repository to be able to track where information is

 coming from.  Even though every packet were encrypted, the IP

 address would betray the location of a compromised system.  Tor allows

@@ -258,7 +267,7 @@ into whistleblowing.

 </ul>

 <a link="bloggers"></a>

-<h2>Bloggers use Tor</h2>

+<h2><a class="anchor" href="#bloggers">Bloggers use Tor</a></h2>

 <ul>

 <li>Every day we hear about bloggers who are

 <a href="http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB112541909221726743-Kl4kLxv0wSbjqrkXg_DieY3c8lg_20050930.html">sued</a> or

@@ -293,6 +302,6 @@ the possible abuse cases for Tor, but suffice it to say that if you want to abus

 purposes (e.g. the majority of Tor relays do not support smtp in order to prevent anonymous email spamming), or if you're one of the

 <a href="http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/12/computer_crime_1.html">Four Horsemen of the Information Apocalypse</a>,

 you have better options than Tor. While not dismissing the potential abuses of Tor,

-this page shows a few of the many important ways anonymity is used today.</p>

+this page shows a few of the many important ways anonymity is used online today.</p>

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