The nonprofit Tor project (short for The Onion Router) is a distributed network of volunteers who use their computers to route internet traffic anonymously. If this lack of privacy sends shivers down your spine, you’ll be happy to hear that there is a way to preserve your anonymity on the internet while using your Mac.
Law enforcement officials, internet service providers, and even website administrators can find out what internet services and resources you accessed, when you accessed them, and what computer you used to access them with.
Practically everything you do online with your Mac is logged and traceable back to your computer. And regular folks like you and I use it when we just want to feel like we're doing everything we can to make sure our online activities aren't being snooped on by anyone.AirPort Apple Apps Backups Developer Education Email Hardware Internet iPad iPhone Mac Music Network Photos Security TV Weekend Wonk In fact, when Tor was first being developed in the 1990s, a major goal was to protect intelligence communications. Military and law enforcement agencies use Tor, too, to keep online activities on the QT. Victims of violent crimes might turn to Tor to engage in confidential discussions with a support group. Citizens who live in countries where internet access is heavily restricted use Tor to bypass those restrictions. Journalists, for example, use Tor to protect the identities of their sources - and themselves - when they're following leads online. Yes, shoppers who frequent underground marketplaces on the Dark Web (like The Silk Road and AlphaBay) use Tor, but there are plenty of other reasons people use it. For more technical details on how Tor works, you can check out the exhaustive FAQ on the Tor Project website.
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