Are you looking to hide in plain sight? Here’s a rundown of three options for becoming invisible online
As concern about internet privacy grows and grows, more and more people are actively seeking to browse the web anonymously. There are various ways to avoid being identified or tracked on the internet, although, in fact, “attempt to avoid” might often be more appropriate. Online anonymity can often feel like a fleeting goal, and a problem as complex as online privacy has no solution that is bulletproof under all circumstances.
Besides rather simple options such as proxy services or virtual private networks (VPNs), there are other services that you can use in order to hide your surfing habits from your Internet Service Provider (ISP), government, or the very websites you’re visiting. Let’s look at the benefits and downsides of three easy-to-use anonymity networks – Tor, I2P, and Freenet.
Tor
Tor – which is occasionally referred to as “Onionland” because of its use of onion routing, with its encapsulation of network traffic in layer upon layer of encryption – is the best known and most widely used network other than the surface web. The Tor network is made up of entry, transit and exit nodes through which a user’s communication passes until it reaches its destination. The many hoops and the encryption used in each of them make it almost impossible to track or analyze a communication.
The Tor network is estimated to have an average of 200,000 users, making it the biggest anonymous network at the moment. In a way, its popularity is a boon for users, as the Tor browser is very ..
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