Tor is conjugated with privoxy, a proxy server that provides privacy at the application layer. Tor networks provide anonymity to applications such as Internet relay chat, instant messaging and Web browsing. The software is designed to negotiate a virtual tunnel through the Tor network by encrypting and randomly bouncing communications through relay networks across the globe. Tor is an implementation of onion routing, which involves running an onion proxy on a user’s machine. Tor works with Web browsers, remote login applications and instant messaging programs. Tor consists of a huge proxy database that users can access to protect their network privacy and keep their online identity safe. Tor is written in C programming language with roughly 146,000 lines of source code. Tor was released in 2002 and is geared toward protecting users from online surveillance that aims to track their online activities. The Tor project was developed as a cross-platform software program to facilitate online anonymity. Techopedia Explains The Onion Router (Tor)
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