Tor protects the privacy of Internet users. The free software provides a tool kit for anonymous data exchange on the Internet and sends data over numerous detours through the digital network. Virtually the digital fingerprint - - To its own IP address remains hidden and protected their own data.
Who communicates with a gate or surfing, is largely immune to unwanted insights of others. Instead of data packets directly to the destination address - for example, a Web page - to send the software relies on a network of numerous so-called routers. Each one of these router knows only the previous and directly next station of the individual data packets. The own IP address thereby remains largely anonymous. With this technique, you can even access web pages that has locked, for example, some countries of the ISP.
To navigate with gate anonymously through the Internet, you must configure the Web browser or manually after the installation of the program. In the connection settings of a so called Tor proxy needs to be set up. As a proxy server must localhost , port as the port 8118 can be entered.
Conclusion
All in all, Tor is a modern response to the increasingly important issues and uncertainties in terms of protection of privacy in the information age. His anonymity takes time: With door to surf much slower through the network. Unfortunately, the software does not automatically configure the connections. The additional manual work after installing Tor is the effort but definitely worth it.
