![]() ![]() Other than a few security upgrades Tor Browser looks and acts exactly like Firefox. Also Tor (so they say) doesn't write any data to your hard drive, like pictures, browsing history, or passwords. Tor Browser is actually just Firefox with a few “enhancements”, like using a socks proxy to route your traffic to many other servers to anonymize where you are. That explains onion and router which corresponds to encryption and IP hopping respectively. Postcard1 is the normal browser, while postcard2 is a tor browser which provides anonymity to the users by:Ī) encrypting information at each successive level like an onion peel b) routing traffic through random IP addresses of thousands of tor volunteer servers worldwide. This hides complete information at each level and yet allows the letter to get through without the knowledge of where it has come from at that level and the name of end recipient, thus providing anonymity to it. ![]() One information can only be revealed at each level by a specific dye or solution by the postmaster, which allows it to get transmitted to the next level say country-then state-then city and so on. In contrast to "Tor", the "Tor Browser" is a modified Firefox browser that is hardened for anonymity and uses the Tor network.ġ.Imagine a postcard1 containing the complete destination address which includes: name, house number, block, street, city, state, country.Ģ.Now, imagine another postcard2 containing all these information written with an invisible ink. "Tor" is maintained by a group called the "Tor Project". "Tor" is an encrypted proxy network system based on Onion Routing (OR). ![]()
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