Tor Firefox

02-05-2021 by



Mozilla Firefox is a free and open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation. Tor Browser is built from a modified version of Firefox ESR (Extended Support Release). Firefox is available for Windows, macOS and Linux operating systems, with its mobile version available for Android and iOS. The Tor Browser is the flagship product of the Tor Project. It was created as the Tor Browser Bundle by Steven J. Murdoch and announced in January 2008. The Tor Browser consists of a modified Mozilla Firefox ESR web browser, the TorButton, TorLauncher, NoScript, and HTTPS Everywhere Firefox extensions and the Tor proxy.

Tor is a free and open source Internet communication software download filed under vpn and proxy software and made available by Tor Project for Windows.

The review for Tor has not been completed yet, but it was tested by an editor here on a PC.

Hides your IP address behind several layers of proxies

Tor (or The Onion Router) is a free software for enabling online anonymity. Tor directs Internet traffic through a free, worldwide, volunteer network consisting of more than four thousand relays to conceal a user's location or usage from anyone conducting network surveillance or traffic analysis. Using Tor makes it more difficult to trace Internet activity, including 'visits to Web sites, online posts, instant messages, and other communication forms', back to the user and is intended to protect the personal privacy of users, as well as their freedom and ability to conduct confidential business by keeping their internet activities from being monitored.

'Onion Routing' refers to the layers of the encryption used. The original data, including its destination, are encrypted and re-encrypted multiple times, and are sent through a virtual circuit comprising successive, randomly selected Tor relays. Each relay decrypts a 'layer' of encryption to reveal only the next relay in the circuit, in order to pass the remaining encrypted data on to it. The final relay decrypts the last layer of encryption and sends the original data, without revealing or even knowing its sender, to the destination. This method reduces the chance of the original data being understood in transit and, more notably, conceals the routing of it.

Tor can hide your true IP address and circumvent state censorship.

Tor 10.0.16 on 32-bit and 64-bit PCs

This download is licensed as freeware for the Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system on a laptop or desktop PC from vpn and proxy software without restrictions. Tor 10.0.16 is available to all software users as a free download for Windows. As an open source project, you are free to view the source code and distribute this software application freely.

The program was created by the developer as a freeware product, but donations for the continued development are highly appreciated. You may generally make a donation via the developer's main web site.

Tor Firefox Proxy

Filed under:
  1. Tor Download
  2. Freeware VPN and Proxy Software
  3. Open source and GPL software
  4. Major release: Tor 10.0
  5. Internet Communication Software

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Tor Browser protects your privacy while you are surfing the Internet: * it prevents somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, * it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical location, * and it lets you access sites which are blocked.

Firefox

Tor Browser is based on Firefox and will be familiar to many users.

To keep your protection strong you need to update the Tor Browser regularly. In Debian the easier way to do that is to install Tor Browser using torbrowser-launcher, which automatically installs Tor Browser, run it, and update it to keep its protection strong and protect your privacy.

The advantage of using torbrowser-launcher over the manual installation of the TorBrowser package (called Tor Browser Bundle) is threefold:

  • You will benefit from automatic upgrades

  • If using AppArmor, you will benefit from the AppArmor profiles contained in the package

  • Program launchers and menu entries will be created for you automatically

Tor Firefox Plugin

Contents

  1. Installing the official Debian package
  2. Advanced Tor Usage
  3. Clarifying common misconceptions

Debian 11 and later

With Debian 11 and later, or Debian Sid (Unstable), installing it is as simple as installing the torbrowser-launcher package with whatever tool you prefer.

After installation, two new entries can be found in the launcher of your preferred desktop, 'Tor Browser' and 'Tor Browser Launcher Settings'. The latter will allow you to configure the way that Tor Browser is downloaded (such as the mirror, whether or not you use the system Tor service to download it, etc.), while the former will simply launch the browser and download it if it isn't currently installed.

These can both be accessed via terminal commands by running torbrowser-launcher or torbrowser-launcher --settings respectively.

Debian 10 and older

The torbrowser-launcher package isn't available in the regular release of Debian 9 and 10, but it was made later available via the backports system and can be installed through it.

Follow the instructions to add the backports repository to your sources.list. Because the package is only available in the backports section without room for ambiguity, Apt will install it without any extra arguments necessary. Just install the torbrowser-launcher package with your preferred tool.

After installation, two new entries can be found in the launcher of your preferred desktop, 'Tor Browser' and 'Tor Browser Launcher Settings'. The latter will allow you to configure the way that Tor Browser is downloaded (such as the mirror, whether or not you use the system Tor service to download it, etc.), while the former will simply launch the browser and download it if it isn't currently installed.

These can both be accessed via terminal commands by running torbrowser-launcher or torbrowser-launcher --settings respectively.

Tarballs containing the latest stable version of the Tor Browser Bundle can be found on the official Tor Browser website, they contain a .desktop file that'll run the browser in-place. This can be run just by double-clicking it in most file managers. GNOME will require you to run the file from the terminal instead.

After being run, it will also auto-update in place as new versions are released.

Torrc File Location

If you installed 'torbrowser-launcher' on a 64-bit (amd64) system, the 'torrc' advanced configuration file is located at:

If you installed 'torbrowser-launcher' on a 32-bit (i386) system, the 'torrc' advanced configuration file is located at:

Related documentation

  • I'm supposed to 'edit my torrc'. What does that mean?

AppArmor confinement and Xserver isolation

HolgerLevsen has written some scripts which are available in /usr/share/doc/torbrowser-launcher/examples/ if you have installed the package.

These scripts show how to run torbrowser-launcher (and thus torbrowser), confined with AppArmor, in Xephyr (a virtual Xserver running on another Xserver) as another user. This, using AppArmor and Xephyr, shall have two effects:

  • the browser process (and it's subprocesses) can - thanks to AppArmor confinement - only access a tiny part of the filesystem

  • the real Xserver is not exposed to the browser application, so hopefully that application cannot exploit bugs to grab keyboard input from other applications.

In order to use these scripts, please refer to /usr/share/doc/torbrowser-launcher/examples/.

You can also read those scripts here if interested: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-privacy/packages/torbrowser-launcher.git/tree/debian/examples?h=debian/sid

  • torbrowser-launcher package page

  • torbrowser-launcher bugs and known issues

  • torbrowser-launcher Upstream bugtracker

Tor isn't illegal to use

While in some extremely authoritarian countries Tor may carry legal risk, it's generally fine. Through United States and most of Europe, the very worst you can expect is to be potentially put on a watchlist. Your ISP is unable to see what you're doing over Tor, but they can see that you're using Tor.

If your government or ISP attempts to block Tor, many mirror sites offer downloads of the browser bundle, and you may consider setting up apt-transport-https to securely download it from the repositories. Tor bridges are also available in case connection to the network itself is censored.

The deep web/dark web aren't dangerous to browse, and won't expose you to hackers and malware

Though the terms are often used as synonyms, typically, the 'deep web' refers to any website not indexed by search engines such as Google, and the 'dark web' refers to websites that require a service such as Tor to view.

In both cases, neither are inherently dangerous. They carry the same risk as almost any small website, and require a vulnerability in your web browser to serve malware. As long as you update regularly, there's generally little risk.

Tor isn't only used for illegal purposes

While Tor is used for plenty of terrible reasons as well, journalists, free speech activists, and whistleblowers all make use of Tor in order to do important work for the common good. Citizens of oppressive countries also make use of Tor in order to access important information that otherwise is restricted.

There are numerous legal reasons to use Tor as well, such as communicating with people across authoritarian borders, or accessing legal content that you nonetheless want to keep hidden from your ISP for whatever reason.

You won't get arrested or get into trouble with your ISP or someone else for running Tor

You will only need to worry about this if you are running a Tor exit node. There are also some excellent resources created by the Tor staff; give them a read:

Tor and streaming/torrenting

Tor's speed comes from how many resources are provided by generous people. Torrenting or streaming over Tor not only leaks your IP address, but it also slows the network for everyone else. Tor is not for torrenting.

  • Running a Tor exit node for minimal harassment

  • a list of template letters you can send to your ISP about Tor abuse

  • A FAQ list on Tor abuse

You may also be interested in the Tor Metrics pages which will show you how common the use of Tor is in your country:

  • Direct Tor connections from the US

  • Direct Tor connections from the UK

  • All Direct Tor connections

Source: https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Tor

  • Good additions to the Tor Browser are the uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger Firefox-add-ons.

    • Notes

      • It is suggested to consider using uBlock Origin instead of AdBlock Plus. Mostly because uBlock Origin has a better track record at fully protecting your privacy, than AdBlock Plus. Also there is a controversy around AdBlock Plus and a for-profit corporation trying to monetize it via ad whitelisting. Also uBlock Originuses fewer resources and has better performance than AdBlock Plus.

      • uBlock Origin is not to be confused with uBlock. As of May 2017 uBlock Origin is actively maintain and updated, compare to uBlock who has not been maintained or updated for more than 2 years, since 2015.

  • Tor Blog

  • Learn more about Tor

  • Alternative WebBrowsers under Debian

  • https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en

  • https://www.eff.org/privacybadger

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