ZardozZ News and Satire: Anonymous Browser Debuts

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Anonymous Browser Debuts - Torpark Tool

This browser claims to be the first free browser for annoyance surfing. We have not tried it nor tested it yet. It can be loaded in a flash memory stick and inserted into any PC and it will allow you to do full anonymous surfing which masks the IP address from which you are surfing. Is it work safe??? Who knows? It will be interesting to hear the feedback...

Web users worried about privacy can now use a modified version of Firefox that lets them browse the net anonymously.

The Torpark browser has been created by a hacking group and uses technology backed by digital rights group the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Torpark uses its own network of net routers to anonymise the traffic people generate when they browse the web. The browser can be put on a flash memory stick so users can turn any PC into an anonymous terminal.

The Torpark tool has been created by Hacktivismo - an international coalition of hackers, human rights workers, lawyers and artists. Torpark uses the Tor network of internet routers set up by the Electronic Frontier Foundation that already has tens of thousands of regular users.

Whenever any computer connects to the net it freely shares information about the address it is using. This is so any data it requests is sent back to the right place. The Tor network tries to stop this information being shared in two ways. First, it encrypts traffic between a computer and the Tor network of routers - this makes it much harder to spy on the traffic and pinpoint who is doing what.

Second, the Tor network regularly changes the net address that someone appears to be browsing from - again this frustrates any attempt to pin a particular browsing session on any individual.

"We live in a time where acquisition technologies are cherry picking and collating every aspect of our online lives," said Oxblood Ruffin, one of the founders of Hacktivismo, in a statement announcing Torpark. More...