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Did you know that while you are browsing the internet, you are being identified by your Internet Protocol (IP) address, so that the site you are browsing know what your ISP are and eventually your computer? With this information, ISPs can snoop on what you download, or throttling bit torrent connections. “Staying anonymous on the Internet” is how to avoid such thing. In order to browse the web anonymously you will need to mask your IP address, so that your computer is protected. This article will explain how to do it step-by-step.

Fortunately there is a project called Tor, a free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security known as traffic analysis.

Tor protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around the world: it prevents somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, and it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical location. Tor works with many of your existing applications, including web browsers, instant messaging clients, remote login, and other applications based on the TCP protocol.

Hundreds of thousands of people around the world use Tor for a wide variety of reasons: journalists and bloggers, human rights workers, law enforcement officers, soldiers, corporations, citizens of repressive regimes, and just ordinary citizens. 

The idea is similar to using a twisty, hard-to-follow route in order to throw off somebody who is tailing you — and then periodically erasing your footprints. Instead of taking a direct route from source to destination, data packets on the Tor network take a random pathway through several relays that cover your tracks so no observer at any single point can tell where the data came from or where it’s going.

Here is the explanation how Tor works:

In order to use Tor, users must install a small software, that you can download and install easily. Once you have downloaded the software, it will install a Firefox add-on, that will instantly allow you to browse the web anonymously using Firefox.  

Click here to download the software required. You can choose type of software like Tor Browser Bundle for Windows and Mac, or Installation Bundle for Windows and Mac, or Installation for Linux/BSD/Unix and the source code for your own compilation.

If you are using a different browser like Google Chrome, Opera or Internet Explorer, you can view the help for setting up Tor proxy settings in your browser.

Tor is definitely the best way to protect your privacy, however it could be vastly misused by people, however technology is always exploited in positive or negative means.

So, what do you think about this cool tool?

Akhmad Daniel Sembiring

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