[ponygirl]

The TOR is a web browser that masks identity. Not sure if it's Linux based or what, but it requires some level of coding mastery to install. TOR stands for "The Onion Router" and it works by applying layers of rerouting and encryption (peeling the onion, so to speak) so that individuals cannot be tracked when on the web. It's open source software and popular for surfing the Deep Web.

I have downloaded the packet previously, but just can't seem to pull the trigger on attempting to install it. I get nervous when I get into all that open source stuff. I just rely on VPN currently, which probably isn't as secure as claimed, but better than nothing. And stay off Chrome and out of Gmail. They're just building a file on you.

[Steven W.]

to add ... when you use a TOR application in web activity, it masks your IP and does so in a series of actions that thoroughly shields such through a network of nodes so that when the post arrives at its destination (in this case 8k) it looks like it came from a laptop in Serbia via a tunnel from Turkey from a node in Canada that actually came from ... you get the idea.