And let you make decisions about do you trust Google, do you trust Amazon, do you trust the BBC, whatever.”’ “We wanted a way to: one, put some of our research into practice and see how it would work and two, we wanted to give the control over your information to you, the user, not to have all these companies take it by default.
“We were increasingly concerned about all these websites – in the 2000/01 dotcom bubble, everyone was offering free services, and by free, they meant ‘we take all your information and sell it as many times as possible,” executive director Andrew Lewman told the Guardian in April 2012. In an article written by the Guardian, when Tor launched in 2002, the emphasis of this project was to protect internet users’ privacy from corporations. Originally, this project was developed with assistance from the US Navy, so that the Nave, as well as other military organizations, could communicate between themselves anonymously. The team behind tor, otherwise known as the Onion Router provides people with open-source software which allows you to surf the net anonymously and freely. Tor is a worldwide network of countless servers which have been designed for private communication. It also gives users access to the dark web. The tor browser is an internet browser that permits users to browse the web anonymously.
Web browsing through Tor anonymization network is significantly slower than a non-tunneled browser. Block scripts and content that can be used for tracking (DNT headers) Block third party cookies or all cookies Clear cookies, history and cache automatically Websites do not see your real IP address Internet access tunneled over the Tor network Using the Tor network, Onion hides your real IP address and gives you the ability to browse all sides of the Internet without revealing you identity. Onion is a Tor-powered browser that lets you access the Internet privately, anonymously and secure from your iOS device.