On Tuesday, the non-profit released Tor Browser 9.5, a build the team says is “focused on helping users understand onion services.”
Derived from the idea of onion routing, the Tor Project provides a browser able to access .onion domains to improve anonymity and reduce the risk of tracking by passing requests through multiple servers and encrypting at each node.
While some associate Tor with the Dark Web and criminal activities, the network is ultimately used to bypass censorship and to make accessing Internet services a private affair for civil rights groups, the media, lawyers, and members of the public concerned about their individual privacy.
Link: Tor’s latest release makes it easier to find secure onion services | ZDNet
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