What is Tor?
Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against traffic analysis, a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security.
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Why Anonymity Matters
Tor protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around the world: it prevents somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, and it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical location.
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Who Uses Tor?
Family & Friends
People like you and your family use Tor to protect themselves, their children, and their dignity while using the Internet.
Businesses
Businesses use Tor to research competition, keep business strategies confidential, and facilitate internal accountability.
Activists
Activists use Tor to anonymously report abuses from danger zones. Whistleblowers use Tor to safely report on corruption.
Media
Journalists and the media use Tor to protect their research and sources online.
Military & Law Enforcement
Militaries and law enforcement use Tor to protect their communications, investigations, and intelligence gathering online.
