Online Anonymity

Protecting one's identity online has always been an important part for browsing the web safely and sharing information. With the use of firewalls, filters, etc one protects one self from people or malicious software. In addition, with he use of encrypting techniques one can also share information in a more secure way. With the recent news of Wikileaks the issue of Online Anonimity and freedom of information has become more popular among people who want to share information without revealing their identities for security reasons.

The Tor Network, created by the Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange is a software that allows a person to share information safely and anonimoualy without revelaing one's identity or location. It works with web browsers, instant messagins clients and other TCP applications. The main use is to support the free flow of information that is being hidden by any type of government or business of any proportion. 

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Tor Website