Thank you so much Derric. You explained very well. I have Tor Browser and The Onion program. Anything i need to do to the settings on either of those?? Do i need anything else? Final question, what do you recommend for downloading movies,music etc?? I download alot lol. I like sites with lots of options. Fast, secure, etc..
On 11/7/14, Derric Atzrott <[email protected]> wrote: >> hi derric. Im wanting to download(torrents and programs) and browse >> whatever i want Annonymously. I have Tor Browsr but all the >> intructions lead me to download after download. I realize its >> important but its so confusing. Codes, tails, onions lol, blockers, >> HTTL, IP addresses, bandwidth, open this before u open this, keep >> refreshing this and that. Whew! Its a headache. Im mid level computer >> lit. Lol. > > Notenlightened, > > You've already completed the first step, which is downloading the Tor > Browsing Bundle. Tor hides your IP address (and therefore your > > I'll give you a quick and oversimplified explanation of how Tor > works, which should help you understand what you should and shouldn't > do in order to protect your privacy. Usually when you connect to a > website your computer connects directly to that website, and unless > you are using HTTPS it does so in an unencrypted, easy to eavesdrop > on fashion. When you use Tor, your connection first bounces through > three Tor relays (which are Tor servers run by volunteers around the > world). These Tor relays only know about the hop before them and > the hop after them, this is to say, Relay 1 knows about you and > Relay 2, Relay 2 knows about Relay 1 and Relay 3, and Relay 3 knows > about Relay 2 and your destination website. > > The website you are trying to reach only knows about Relay 3 and > that you are using Tor, not necessarily who you are or where you are. > > The first relay of course knows who you are and that you are using > Tor, but not what for. > > By limiting the knowledge that each person has in each step you > protect your privacy. The Electronic Frontier Foundation produced > a page that explains it a whole lot better than I can though. > > https://www.eff.org/pages/tor-and-https > > Tor hides your IP address, which is one of the primary ways that > people identify you online, but there are other ways as well. The > Tor browser bundle is designed so that every copy of it looks the > same as every other copy of it that is browsing the Web. This > makes it hard to distinguish two Tor users the same way that it > would be hard to distinguish two cars if every car was a white > Mazda. You can run other software through Tor, and therefore > hide your IP address, but if you want the most protection you > should only use Tor with the Tor Browser Bundle and other software > designed to be used with Tor. > > Your online habits also can give away your identity, just like > even if everyone was driving the same car you could follow a car > for a while until you figured out who it was. If you are going > to do anything with the Tor Browser Bundle that might reveal > who you are you should click the Onion icon and then click > New Identity both before and after the activity. This clears > all saved information out of the Tor Browser Bundle and selects > new relays to route your connection through. > > Tor is not a magic bullet, it takes work to make it work. > > A couple other things to note about making Tor work for you: > * Do not torrent over Tor. Most torrent clients won't use > Tor anyways, and the ones that do put a considerable strain > on the network. As a courtesy and for your own protection, > please do not Torrent over the Tor network. > * Use HTTPS version of websites. Tor Browser Bundle should do > this automatically for most well-known websites, but for any > that it doesn't you should use HTTPS where possible. If you > do not use HTTPS the last Tor relay can read and modify the > data you are sending to the website if it wants to. > * Don't open documents downloaded through Tor while online! > Many types of documents will do things on the Internet when > they are opened. Word files, for example, might try to download > a picture. Since programs other than the Tor Browser Bundle will > not, by default, be routed through Tor it is possible that opening > a document will give away your identity! > > > I hope that helps answer your questions about what Tor is, what it > does, and how to use it. Let me see if I can help you understand > some of the terms that you mentioned in your email that you > sounded confused about. > > Tails: Tails is an entire operating system that is run through Tor. > It is one of the most secure ways to use Tor, but a little bit > more difficult to get set up than the Tor Browser Bundle. If > you are interested, I'd be happy to point you in the right > direction for getting it set up. > Onion Routing: This is the type of routing that Tor uses to proect your > privacy. Tor actually used to stand for The Onion Router. > It's called onion routing because each relay acts like a > layer of an onion peeling off a bit of the message. > Blockers: Not sure if you are referring to blockers in code or folks > blocking Internet connections? Some clarification would > be nice. > IP Addresses: These are addresses used to identify computers online. > They are sort of akin to postal addresses. You could compare > most Internet traffic to sending letters in the mail. Most > residential connections change your IP address every few days. > Tor hides your IP address from websites you are visiting by > routing your traffic through a series of Tor relays. > Bandwidth: This is the measure of how much stuff you can push through > your Internet connection. Tor is fast enough for regular > web browsing, but using software that requires a high amount of > bandwidth (like video conferencing) might not work very well > through Tor. > > If you have any questions or need something explained better please > feel free to ask. Anyone else on the list, please point out to me > all of the mistakes I have inevitably made in my email that way I > can not make them when explaining Tor things next time. > > Thank you, > Derric Atzrott > > -- > tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] > To unsubscribe or change other settings go to > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
