Summary
- Tor is a browser that promises anonymity to users who don’t want their internet service provider (ISP) to know what they’re looking at.
- It does this by routing traffic through multiple servers, which encrypt the data three times.
- Although the ISP can see that a user is accessing the Tor network, it is unable to see what specific websites are being visited.
- The ISP can, however, see the amount of data being used, as well as the time of connection.
- Therefore, it is possible to see a user’s patterns of Tor usage, although this doesn’t reveal specific sites.
- Additionally, the text states that VPNs can be used to stop an ISP from even seeing that a user is on the Tor network.
- Tor is safe and legitimate, but has slower connections and some websites block its use.
By Jayric Maning
Original Article