Tor for Privacy and Censorship Circumvention: Benefits, Things to Consider, and Best Desktop and Mobile Apps

Tor (The Onion Router) is a valuable tool for protecting your digital privacy and bypassing internet restrictions. However, since Tor is an open-source network, there are multiple implementations that offer various features on desktop and mobile.

This post will give you a primer on Tor, highlight the things you should consider before using Tor, and provide an overview of the most popular Tor desktop and mobile apps so that you can enjoy the benefits of Tor on any device.

Quick links:

• Tor overview
• How Tor boosts your privacy
• How Tor helps you circumvent censorship
• Things to consider before using Tor
• Tor vs VPN
• Should you use Tor with a VPN?
• Tor apps
  1. Tor Browser
  2. Onion Browser
  3. Orbot
  4. Tails
  5. Whonix
  6. Proton VPN's Tor over VPN

Tor overview

Tor routes your web traffic through a decentralized network of more than 7,000 Tor nodes or relays (servers that run the open-source Tor software). Each of these servers have their own unique Internet Protocol (IP) address and are hosted at locations all around the world.

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