What is Tor Browser ?
Tor or the onion Browser is a open source software which can use to browse the internet anonymously. IP addresses, http referrer, cookies tracking pixels, user agencies are being tracked by the internet. So using IP addresses website able to identify the rough location and collect data about browsing habits. When using a normal browser like Google Chrome Microsoft edge Mozilla Firefox the websites we visit take some information that they can gain using your IP address. But tor network build with countless nodes relay points that passing data along alone encryption layers . Each node that the data passes through peels off and another layer of encryption show in the previous node’s IP address. The last node that the data in known as exit node and it too peels off final layer encryption and the sent to the destination server. This intermediate nodes unknown so the IP addresses of those nodes can’t figure out.
Not only the anonymous browsing tor users make the use of the hidden services to create private website and messages. Axis inter to this type of website it is a must to use anonymous web browsing. This website is a part of dark web and black market also can found in this anonymous browsing. Not only this anonymous browsing intimate usage is for criminal purposes it can be important to journalist activities law enforcement officers to do their secret operations.
Tor is not basically for the people who Jelly using Google Facebook Instagram. It is for the people who are in heavily monitored places for anyone in sensitive lines of work.
Tor VPN (virtual private network) has similar qualities and both are great tools to protect privacy online . Both of these use to hide the IP addresses from your destination but to do that their use very different technologies. When using a VPN all your data is secured with encryption but it hide the IP address using the VPN server but Tor browser passing data through nodes that are really different from VPN (virtual private network).
Advantages of the tor browser are that is completely anonymous ,it is easy to setup ,use it is freely available in the internet and anyone can download it and using it . The disadvantages of that Tor Browser it is somewhat slow, not compatible with all the devices ,not access to a support team and there are some blocked Web Services too.
