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Privacy is a big concern for a lot of people when it comes to online activities. There are a lot of good (and bad) reasons to want to remain anonymous. But most people just don’t know how, because it’s too far over their head. However, as I’ll be showing, Tor makes it easy for anyone to stay anonymous whenever they want.
Tor
Tor is considered the number one way to become anonymous when browsing online. Tor uses a modified firefox browser which utilizes the tor network. The tor network works like this:
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Demonstration
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
A VPN works much like the SSH tunnel we showed how to create for security and bypassing proxies. However, with a VPN, you’re actually going through someone’s server rather than your own. This is what provides the anonymity. Generally speaking, this is a service you have to pay for. I won’t even attempt to recommend any free VPN’s as I don’t trust any of them, nor want their slow speeds. Instead, here is a list of some of the paid services I trust (in no particular order):
Another feature of using a VPN is that if content is blocked for your specific region, you can bypass it by using a VN in that country. Personally, I actually use OverPlay because it allows free server switching (at the moment), and because it has servers in Japan. This allows me to obtain an IP address in Japan and play video games that are free but exclusive to people living in Japan (need a Japanese IP address).