The new TOR Browser 5.0.4 – a Deeper Level of Anonymity
TOR browser, Tor update The Onion Router Project is one of the best inventions today’s netizens can ask for. Better known by its acronym Tor, it offers conditional but free anonymizing solution for millions of internet users across the world. Tor relays internet traffic over the volunteer relay network to offer better privacy and security to internet users. The main objective of Tor is to help users overcome surveillance and monitoring of internet connections and activities by governments and other entities. Tor allows users to create proxy connections that helps overcome internet censorship. The open source software is used by individuals, activist groups and developers alike to suit their needs. Majority of bitcoin community also prefers to use Tor during transactions to ensure privacy. It is also necessary to access the deep web. However, like any other software, Tor also has room for constant improvement and the open source community regularly contributes to make it more safe and secure for users. Recently Tor released the latest update — version 5.0.4. The new stable release of Tor browser package is reported to contain various fixes and security updates including the ones recommended for the Mozilla Firefox ESR which it uses as the browser client. Most of the security fixes are listed on Tor Project’s official blogpost . tor package, update Tor Update Strengthens Security and Privacy One of the most important fix among all is the Yan Zhu fix, named after the person who developed it. It prevents leakage of HTTP Referrer header when the user navigates from a .onion domain to a normal one. Referrer header may pose a potential risk to privacy as it may contain information that can potentially compromise the user’s identity, location, browsing history etc. In addition to Yan Zhu fix, the Tor community has […]
