Here’s a great basic article on just what Tor is, and what it does:
So is Tor really the solution to anonymous browsing or just another way to draw attention to yourself? It’s complicated. In many ways, Tor is the quickest and easiest ways to browse the web anonymously. It’s also not without its drawbacks. To truly gain a better understanding of Tor, its advantages and disadvantages, though, it helps to understand exactly how the system works.
Michael Sauers is currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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