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WhatistheTorBrowser?

TheTorsoftwareprotectsyoubybouncingyourcommunicationsaroundadistributednetworkofrelaysrunbyvolunteersallaroundtheworld:itpreventssomebodywatchingyourInternetconnectionfromlearningwhatsitesyouvisit,itpreventsthesitesyouvisitfromlearningyourphysicallocation,anditletsyouaccesssiteswhichareblocked.

TheTorBrowserletsyouuseToronWindows,MacOSX,orLinuxwithoutneedingtoinstallanysoftware.ItcanrunoffaUSBflashdrive,comeswithapreconfiguredwebbrowsertoprotectyouranonymity,andisselfcontained.

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TorBrowserDownloadsTostartusingTorBrowser,downloadthefileforyourpreferredlanguage.Thisfilecanbesavedwhereverisconvenient,e.g.theDesktoporaUSBflashdrive.

StableTorBrowser

LanguageMicrosoftWindows

(4.5)MacOSX

(4.5)Linux(4.5)

English(enUS) 32/64bit(sig) 64bit(sig) 32bit(sig)64bit(sig)

(ar) 32/64bit(sig) 64bit(sig) 32bit(sig)64bit(sig)

Deutsch(de) 32/64bit(sig) 64bit(sig) 32bit(sig)64bit(sig)

Espaol(esES) 32/64bit(sig) 64bit(sig) 32bit(sig)64bit(sig)

(fa) 32/64bit(sig) 64bit(sig) 32bit(sig)64bit(sig)

Franais(fr) 32/64bit(sig) 64bit(sig) 32bit(sig)64bit(sig)

Italiano(it) 32/64bit(sig) 64bit(sig) 32bit(sig)64bit(sig)

Korean(ko) 32/64bit(sig) 64bit(sig) 32bit(sig)64bit(sig)

Nederlands(nl) 32/64bit(sig) 64bit(sig) 32bit(sig)64bit(sig)

Polish(pl) 32/64bit(sig) 64bit(sig) 32bit(sig)64bit(sig)

Portugus(ptPT) 32/64bit(sig) 64bit(sig) 32bit(sig)64bit(sig)

(ru) 32/64bit(sig) 64bit(sig) 32bit(sig)64bit(sig)

Trke(tr) 32/64bit(sig) 64bit(sig) 32bit(sig)64bit(sig)

Vietnamese(vi) 32/64bit(sig) 64bit(sig) 32bit(sig)64bit(sig)

(zhCN) 32/64bit(sig) 64bit(sig) 32bit(sig)64bit(sig)

Seeourinstructionsonhowtoverifypackagesignatures,whichallowsyoutomakesureyou'vedownloadedthefileweintendedyou

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ExperimentalTorBrowser

LanguageMicrosoftWindows

(4.5)MacOSX

(4.5)Linux(4.5)

English(enUS) 32/64bit(sig) 64bit(sig) 32bit(sig)64bit(sig)

(ar) 32/64bit(sig) 64bit(sig) 32bit(sig)64bit(sig)

Deutsch(de) 32/64bit(sig) 64bit(sig) 32bit(sig)64bit(sig)

Espaol(esES) 32/64bit(sig) 64bit(sig) 32bit(sig)64bit(sig)

(fa) 32/64bit(sig) 64bit(sig) 32bit(sig)64bit(sig)

Franais(fr) 32/64bit(sig) 64bit(sig) 32bit(sig)64bit(sig)

Italiano(it) 32/64bit(sig) 64bit(sig) 32bit(sig)64bit(sig)

Korean(ko) 32/64bit(sig) 64bit(sig) 32bit(sig)64bit(sig)

Nederlands(nl) 32/64bit(sig) 64bit(sig) 32bit(sig)64bit(sig)

Polish(pl) 32/64bit(sig) 64bit(sig) 32bit(sig)64bit(sig)

Portugus(ptPT) 32/64bit(sig) 64bit(sig) 32bit(sig)64bit(sig)

(ru) 32/64bit(sig) 64bit(sig) 32bit(sig)64bit(sig)

Trke(tr) 32/64bit(sig) 64bit(sig) 32bit(sig)64bit(sig)

Vietnamese(vi) 32/64bit(sig) 64bit(sig) 32bit(sig)64bit(sig)

(zhCN) 32/64bit(sig) 64bit(sig) 32bit(sig)64bit(sig)

MacOSXInstructions

Downloadthefileabove,saveitsomewhere,thenclickonit.Thisopensthe.dmgfile.(OnrecentversionsofOSX,youmightgetawarningthatit'sfroman"unidentifieddeveloper"youcangetaroundthiscomplaintbycontrolclickingandselecting"open".)DragtheincludedfileintoyourApplicationsfolderandyouwillhaveaTorBrowserapplicationinyourchosenlanguagethatyoucanpinonyourDock.

LinuxInstructions

Downloadthearchitectureappropriatefileabove,saveitsomewhere,thenrunoneofthefollowingtwocommandstoextractthepackagearchive:

tar -xvJf tor-browser-linux32-4.5_LANG.tar.xz

or(forthe64bitversion):

tar -xvJf tor-browser-linux64-4.5_LANG.tar.xz

(whereLANGisthelanguagelistedinthefilename).

Oncethat'sdone,switchtotheTorbrowserdirectorybyrunning:

cd tor-browser_LANG

(whereLANGisthelanguagelistedinthefilename).

TorunTorBrowser,clickeitherontheTorBrowserortheTorBrowserSetupiconorexecutethestarttorbrowser.desktopfileinaterminal:

./start-tor-browser.desktop

ThiswilllaunchTorLauncherandoncethatconnectstoTor,itwilllaunchFirefox.DonotunpackorrunTBBasroot.

WindowsInstructions

Downloadthefileabove,andsaveitsomewhere,thendoubleclickonit.(1)Click"Run"thenchoosetheinstaller'slanguageandclickOK(2).Makesureyouhaveatleast80MBoffreediskspaceinthelocationyouselect.Ifyouwanttoleavethebundleonthecomputer,savingittotheDesktopisagoodchoice.Ifyouwanttomoveittoadifferentcomputerorlimitthetracesyouleavebehind,saveittoaUSBdisk.

ClickInstall(3)Waituntiltheinstallerfinishes.Thismaytakeafewminutestocomplete.

Oncetheinstallationiscomplete,clickFinishtolaunchTorBrowser'swizard.

OnceyouseeTorBrowser'swizardclickConnect

Alternatively,youcanlaunchTorBrowserbygoingtothefolderTorBrowserwhichcanbefoundatthelocationyousavedthebundleat(Default:Desktop)anddoubleclickontheStartTorBrowserapplication.

OnceTorisready,TorBrowserwillautomaticallybeopened.OnlywebpagesvisitedthroughTorBrowserwillbesentviaTor.OtherwebbrowserssuchasInternetExplorerarenotaffected.

Onceyouarefinishedbrowsing,closeanyopenTorBrowserwindowsbyclickingonthe (6).Forprivacyreasons,thelistofwebpagesyouvisitedandanycookieswillbedeleted.

TousetheTorBrowseragain,doubleclickonthe"StartTorBrowser"application.

RememberthatToranonymizestheoriginofyourtraffic,anditencryptseverythinginsidetheTornetwork,butitcan'tencryptyourtrafficbetweentheTornetworkanditsfinaldestination.Ifyouarecommunicatingsensitiveinformation,youshoulduseasmuchcareasyouwouldonthenormalscaryInternetuseHTTPSorotherendtoendencryptionandauthentication.

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TheTorBrowserisunderdevelopment.Todiscussimprovementsandsubmitcomments,pleaseusethetortalkmailinglist.

Moreinformation

WhatisTorandwhydoIneedit?TolearnmoreaboutTor,visittheTorProjectwebsite.

WhatisintheTorBrowser?ItcontainsTor,amodifiedFirefoxESR,Torbutton,TorLauncher,NoScript,andHTTPSEverywhere.Readthedesigndocument,theChangeLogforthe4.0branch,andtheChangeLogforthealphabranch.

HowcanImakemyownbundle?WeuseGitiantoensurethatbyteforbytereproduciblepackagescanbebuiltfromoursourcerepositorybyanyone.Torebuildthebundle,checkouttheTorBrowserbuilderrepositoryandseetheREADME.buildforinstructions.YoumayalsofindtheTorBrowserHackingintrodocumentusefulforlearningaboutthebuildsystemandourdevelopmentprocesses.

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