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Free and open-source anonymity network based on onion routing / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tor, short for The Onion Router,[5] is free and open-source software for enabling anonymous communication.[6] It directs Internet traffic via a free, worldwide, volunteer overlay network that consists of more than seven thousand relays.[7]
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This page is about the software and anonymity network. For the software's organization, see The Tor Project.
Not to be confused with Tor.com.
Quick Facts Developer(s), Initial release ...
Developer(s) | The Tor Project |
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Initial release | September 20, 2002; 21 years ago (2002-09-20)[1] |
Stable release(s) [±] | |
Preview release(s) [±] | |
Written in | C,[2] Python, Rust[3] |
Operating system | Unix-like, (Android, Linux, BSD, macOS), Microsoft Windows, iOS |
Size | 50–55 MB |
Type | Overlay network, mix network, onion router, Anonymity application |
License | BSD 3-clause license[4] |
Website | www |
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Using Tor makes it more difficult to trace a user's Internet activity. Tor protects personal privacy by concealing a user's location and usage from anyone performing network surveillance or traffic analysis.[8] It protects the user's freedom and ability to communicate confidentially through IP address anonymity using Tor exit nodes.[9]