Tor Browser is a popular secure web browser that uses multiple layers on encryption to protect user identity.
The Tor Browser, based on the decentralised anonymous network of the same name, has been updated with a new version. The freshly released Tor Browser 6.0 gains HTML5 support, including HTML5 YouTube videos, and sets DuckDuckGo as its default search engine.
Tor 6.0 is a web browser, built from Firefox 45 ESR. The update also promises boosted stability and even greater levels of security. What's more, the browser has picked DuckDuckGo as its preferred search engine. This metasearch engine compiles results from several other search tools (Bing, Yahoo! and Wikipedia, for example), to search for web pages, photos and videos without storing user IP addresses, logging user information or using unnecessary cookies. Billed as "the search engine that doesn't track you," DuckDuckGo is increasingly popular, notably among web users looking to protect their privacy.
The new version of Tor also now features code-signing for Mac OS X, promising easier installation on systems running Apple's operating system. Tor is a decentralised anonymous network based on the principle of onion routing. This involves using several layers of encryption that are progressively peeled away like the layers of an onion. Data is transmitted through a global network of Tor relays, decrypting only one layer of encryption at once to reveal the next relay. The final relay peels away the last layer to send the original data to its destination without ever knowing its source. Browsing via the Tor network ensures that a user's personal details -- such as their IP address and location -- cannot be identified by websites monitoring user activity.
Tor's most widely used application takes the form of a web browser. However, there are other, generally less accomplished programs that use the network, such as a Tor instant messaging program and a BitTorrent client.
The Tor network has already been adopted by a host of tech-savvy web users in the USA in response to revelations leaked by Edward Snowden about the National Security Agency (NSA) and its surveillance activities.
Find out more about the Tor Project or download the Tor Browser (for Windows, Mac OS X or Linux) here.
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