

It can even threaten your job and physical safety by revealing who and where you are. This can impact your checkbook if, for example, an e-commerce site uses price discrimination based on your country or institution of origin.

Knowing the source and destination of your Internet traffic allows others to track your behavior and interests.

Using Tor protects you against a common form of Internet surveillance known as “traffic analysis.” Traffic analysis can be used to infer who is talking to whom over a public network. Tor provides the foundation for a range of applications that allow organizations and individuals to share information over public networks without compromising their privacy. It also enables software developers to create new communication tools with built-in privacy features. Tor Browser is a network of virtual tunnels that allows people and groups to improve their privacy and security on the Internet.
