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How secure is the TOR network for everyday internet browsing?

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G-Loaded Journal; By George Notaras
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The TOR project has gained much popularity over the last months. The Free Software Foundation has also given the project the Award for Projects of Social Benefit. This is fantastic news for an open source project. However, all this popularity combined with the way TOR is promoted through its web site and sometimes the Press may lead typical internet users into thinking that TOR, apart from providing a form of anonymity, is also a secure way of communication with the various internet services. This is not true.

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