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Tor is a toolset for a wide range of organizations and people who want to improve their safety and security on the Internet. Using Tor can help you anonymize web browsing and publishing, instant messaging, IRC, SSH, and more. Tor also provides a platform on which software developers can build new applications with built-in anonymity, safety, and privacy.

Tor aims to defend against traffic analysis, a form of network surveillance that threatens personal anonymity and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security. Communications are bounced around a distributed network of servers called onion routers, protecting you from websites that build profiles of your interests, local eavesdroppers that read your data or learn what sites you visit, and even the onion routers themselves.

Tor's security is improved as its user base grows and as more people volunteer to run servers. Please consider volunteering your time or volunteering your bandwidth. And remember that this is development code - it's not a good idea to rely on the current Tor network if you really need strong anonymity.

By default, Tor is configured to run at startup. If you do not want Tor to run on startup, you can disable this by selecting "Customize" in the Installer, and then un-checking the "Tor Startup Script" box. Be sure to leave the other boxes checked. Once the installer is finished and your computer restarts, Tor will start automatically. Tor comes configured as a client by default. It uses a built-in default configuration file in /Library/Tor/torrc, but most people won't need to change any of the settings.

Privoxy is installed as part of the Tor bundle package installer. Privoxy is a filtering web proxy that integrates well with Tor. Once it's installed, it will start automatically when your computer is restarted. You do not need to configure Privoxy to use Tor. A custom Privoxy configuration for Tor has been installed as part of the installer package.

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WHAT'S NEW
Version 0.2.0.32a release notes are available.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
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Developer:Roger Dingledine and Nick Mathewson
Downloads:76,742
  - Version d/l:3,818
Utilities:Security
License:Free
Date:03 Dec 2008
Platform:PPC/Intel
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    Dec 17 2008

    DAVEU  i highly recommend going to school for network administration for a few years before attempting to use this. i've spent hours and hours trying to make this work and i'm not one iota closer to figuring out why it's not working. so much for a gui interface making things easier. seriously, not for the casual user. okay... not for the experienced user either. i think it's only for the expert with loads of time on his hands and a lot of patience. otherwise, prepare to be annoyed.  
    (Version 0.2.0.32a)

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    Dec 17 2008

    DAVEU  Ah ha! Turns out Glimmer Blocker was conflicting. Once I removed that and created a new identity, bingo. Perhaps an intermediate user can user this :)  
    (Version 0.2.0.32a)

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    Dec 9 2008

    NEONBLUE2  Is Tor ever going to include a version of Privoxy that is both Universal and recent?  
    (Version 0.2.0.32a)

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    Aug 31 2007
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    GAOSHAN  I spend most summers working in mainland China. Tor was invaluable to me for circumventing the Great Firewall. I used it as part of Vidalia ( http://vidalia-project.net/ ) and found it to be THE best way to access blocked sites from within China.

    I also tried using HamachiX as a way to use my server in the U.S. for a VPN. The authorities caught on very quickly and within 2 days had blocked my access. Tor, however, was never spotted and I used it over a 2 month period. Go Tor!   
    (Version 0.1.2.17)

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    Mar 2 2007

    ASD$  Installed Privoxy without problem except I also have little snitch installed and boy did Privoxy try and dial home to a lot of different IP addresses .

    I dont want this type of app which dials home a lot

    I dont seem able to uninstall this app' , tried terminal command , wants password but will not let me enter it .

    Help please!  
    (Version 0.1.1.26)

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    Apr 25 2007

    HERVé 5  Privoxy doesn't dial home, what you detect is all the guys Privoxy allows out!

    For instance, if you have a widget that'll "dial home" (or, more often, connect to a server, for instance meteo...) as all widgets are html based their requests will be channeled through Privoxy, and Snitch will tell you Privoxy tries to connect here and there.

    Indeed Privoxy being a filter on outgoing requests, it is somehow a supreme unfairness to tell it "dials home"...  
    (Version 0.1.2.13)

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    +4
    Jan 20 2008

    NEONBLUE2  Privoxy is not dialling home. Whenever an app tries to access the net it's hitting Privoxy and telling it where to go. Then when Privoxy tries to go somewhere it hits Little Snitch.

    Whenever I turn Privoxy off I run into the problem that none of my browsers have been cleared to go through Little Snitch. It's because Privoxy deals with net traffic.

    I'd thought you'd have realised the moment you denied and the net stopped working.  
    (Version 0.1.2.19)

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    +3
    Oct 27 2008

    Because Privoxy and Tor are trying to anonymize your surfing, they obviously have to connect to the internet in order it to work! Any program you use gets routed through Privoxy/Tor, which then get routed through a bunch of different servers around the world to make it very difficult to determine for someone to determine where a connection came from. This is all the 'phoning home' you see (although it's not phoning home at all).  
    (Version 0.2.0.31)

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    +4

    Jan 28 2007

    CMEDEEFR  I installed it on my iMac... add some modifications towards the information Safari gives up while surfing the Net (with Safari Enhancer for example) and you become COMPLETELY anonymous!!!

    Great software... but i sometimes have to change my identity to make sure it does work.

    Keep it up!  
    (Version 0.1.1.26)

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    Jan 13 2007
    *****

    OCEANCUBED  Simply Stunning!!

    I've set up 2 locations via Network settings and can change between Anonymous and Normal with a quick click on the Apple Menu/Locations.

    Thank you.  
    (Version 0.1.1.26)

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    Mar 28 2007

    SMACTRON  How did you do this?  
    (Version 0.1.1.26)

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    Jan 13 2007

    RAMPANCY  Edit: My apologies for my mistake, the actual app running on startup which is PPC is Privoxy, not Vidalia.  
    (Version 0.1.1.26)

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    Jan 12 2007

    RAMPANCY  A warning: while the Tor package itself is Universal, Vidalia, which also runs as a startup background application (not just the launcher) is still PPC-only.   
    (Version 0.1.1.26)

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    Dec 15 2006

    MATHIAS  And don't forget to install "Torbutton" for Firefox ;)

    https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2275/  
    (Version 0.1.1.26)

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    Jul 15 2006

    DOC RENAUD  Is it possible to stop it temporarily to speed up web browsing, when you don't need privacy ?  
    (Version 0.1.1.22)

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    Oct 1 2006

    ROB  Yes. Just go back to System Pref--Network-- Choose your connectiion--uncheck your proxies boxes, Or pick firefox browser and do not configure to use proxy-- choose direct connection on connection settings. Yoou keep Tor and Privoxy for Safari and the rest. Enjoy!  
    (Version 0.1.1.24)

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    Oct 1 2006

    DOC RENAUD  Thanks for the tip Rob.  
    (Version 0.1.1.24)

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    Oct 2 2006

    UMAROMC  Launch the installed Vidalia GUI which should be in the /Applications folder... once launched you can right/control-click it's dock icon to activate/deactivate Tor on the fly... much easier than the afore-mentioned tip. ;)  
    (Version 0.1.1.24)

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    Oct 2 2006

    DOC RENAUD  Even simplier :-)

    Thanks to you too UmarOMC.  
    (Version 0.1.1.24)

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