HOW BEST TO PROTECT YOURSELF ONLINE FROM TRACKING, TRAFFIC ANALYSIS, GIVING AWAY YOUR LOCATION, ETC. December 19, 2014. - Tor Browser is free software - donations are welcome to help with development - that protects users from network surveillance, traffic analysis and from having your location revealed by routing the users usage of the web around a distributed network of relays that are run by volunteers living around the world. In this way, any monitoring of your web connection is prevented from discovering which websites are being visited and prevented from finding out what your location is. Due to the process involved that is time-consuming, the Tor Browser is slower than the major browsers - Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, etc. Alternatively, you can make use of a Virtual Private Network (VPN), which can be free or paid-for. Here are two well-reviewed VPNs of both types: HideMyAss VPN - https://hidemyass/ ($4.99 a month for 12 months) Hotspotshield - free VPN with ads - hotspotshield/free-proxy
Posted on: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 22:02:58 +0000