A look into the world of Tor

Tor is a free tool that anyone can download, run and use to anonymize their internet activity. Think of Tor as in you talking to someone to get information about someone else. The person you are trying to get information about doesn't know you are getting information about them because they aren't answering your questions, but you still got the information you wanted.

In order to get Tor, go to: https://www.torproject.org/download/download

Once you run Tor, it will look like the below image. It will connect to the Tor network for you.

Once you have connected to the Tor network, FireFox will open up and tell you your IP address for the network. You can now start browsing the internet and not be traced!

The below image gives you a better idea of how Tor works. User 2 is trying to communicate with User 1. Let's say User 1 is a person or it can be a website. All User 2 has to do is connect to the Tor network and ask the network to fetch the website or a connection with User 1. Once Tor does this, they can bring you back the information you requested. Tor communicates with other Tor servers via an encrypted line so there is no trace that User 2 actually communicated to User 1. 

Now these Tor routers or servers are usually PCs and these PCs can exist anywhere in the world! A person in the US can bounce their connection off a PC in Germany. This has its pros and cons though. The pro here is that it doesn't look like you are accessing the websites. The con is that it takes forever to bounce a signal off a machine halfway across the planet, to your destination and back to you.

Also note that in RED, this is an unencrypted line and any information you pass to your destination is completely visable. So you don't want to be logging into any servers. 

Just remember that this information is NOT intended to be used for anything malicious and this information is for educational purposes ONLY. I am not responsible for any legal repercussions you face for your misguided actions conducted within Tor.