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The Tor Browser - Tor Browser Tutorial
From the course: Exploring Tor and the Dark Web
The Tor Browser
- [Instructor] The Tor browser is the primary tool used by end users to access the Tor network. The Tor browser is a simple application available for download from the Tor project website. We're going to cover downloading and installing the browser later in this course, but for now, just know that it's available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android operating systems. You can see the different versions of the browser here on the Tor project site. When you open the Tor browser, it runs through a startup sequence that involves connecting to the Tor network. During this process, it's creating a unique path through the Tor network for your communication, randomly selecting a set of Tor nodes for your circuit as part of its anonymity. Once the circuit is established, Tor opens a browser window that looks just like any other web browser. In fact, it's a version of Mozilla Firefox that is modified to work with the Tor network. By default, it opens to a search bar for the DuckDuckGo search…
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