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What is Tor?
Tor is a free and open-source software that enables anonymous communication by directing Internet traffic through a worldwide volunteer overlay network consisting of more than 7,000 relays. Tor provides three essential services: - Anonymity: Tor makes it difficult to trace Internet activity back to the user. This is because Tor traffic is routed through a series of relays, each of which knows only the identity of the relay before it and the relay after it.
- Privacy: Tor encrypts all traffic between the user and the Tor network, which helps to protect the user's privacy.
- Confidentiality: Tor can be used to access websites and services that are blocked in the user's country.
How does Tor work?
Tor works by routing Internet traffic through a series of relays. Each relay knows only the identity of the relay before it and the relay after it. This means that it is very difficult to trace Internet traffic back to the user.The Tor network is made up of three types of relays:
- Entry guards: Entry guards are the first relays that a Tor user's traffic passes through. They are responsible for encrypting the user's traffic and routing it to a middle relay.
- Middle relays: Middle relays are responsible for routing the user's traffic through the Tor network. They do not know the identity of the user or the destination of the traffic.
- Exit relays: Exit relays are the last relays that a Tor user's traffic passes through. They are responsible for decrypting the user's traffic and routing it to the destination.
Why use Tor?
There are many reasons why people use Tor. Some people use Tor to protect their privacy when they are browsing the web. Others use Tor to access websites and services that are blocked in their country. Tor can also be used to circumvent censorship and to access blocked content.Is Tor safe?
Tor is generally considered to be a safe way to browse the web. However, there are some risks associated with using Tor. For example, if a user visits a malicious website, their traffic could be decrypted by the website operator. Additionally, Tor is not a foolproof way to protect your privacy. If you are concerned about your privacy, you should also take other steps to protect yourself, such as using a strong password manager and using a secure operating system.
Tor is a powerful tool that can be used to protect your privacy and to access blocked content. However, it is important to be aware of the risks associated with using Tor. If you are concerned about your privacy, you should take other steps to protect yourself as well.
Tor is a powerful tool that can be used to protect your privacy and to access blocked content. However, it is important to be aware of the risks associated with using Tor. If you are concerned about your privacy, you should take other steps to protect yourself as well.
How to Install TOR
- Installing TOR is very simple. Go to tor-project website and click on download for [your system ] to start downloading TOR.
- Now just double click on the downloaded software to start installing TOR. Once Its installed open it. TOR is simply a browser so a browser like interface will be opened. Now click on Connect to start a secure TOR connection.
- Once a connection is eastablished, you'll see the homepage of duckduckgo. Duckduckgo is the default search engine of TOR browser.
- Now copy and paste this web2mail website TOR address in TOR browser http://mail2torjgmxgexntbrmhvgluavhj7ouul5yar6ylbvjkxwqf6ixkwyd.onion/
- Remember this is a .onion website link which can only be accessed via TOR browser. It means you'll not be able to access it from normal browsers like chrome, firefox or opera etc.
- Click on register to start registeration. You'll only need a username and password. Choose a strong password.
- Once you are registered. Click on login to login to mail2tor. Use the same credentials you used to register. After login bookmark this link in the TOR browser.
- Done, you have successfully created a TOR email address. Keep in minde these TOR website are hidden from normal users so it doesn't have the very good looking UI.
- Now lets try to compose a mail to my gmail address from this newly created mail.
- Click on compose to start writing a mail.
- After writing the mail, you can attach files upto 2 MB is you want. Once done click on send to send the email.
- Congrats ! You just sent a email from TOR
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