[OPLINLIST] FYI: Can You Search the Internet Anonymously?

[Frank Atkinson]

For those times when a patron wearing a trench coat and sunglasses

asks you to do a search..

 

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Can You Search the Internet Anonymously?

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(9 Feb) Can you search the Internet anonymously? The short answer is no, not
usually, not without a lot of preparation. Your ISP knows who you are.

 

With the above caution in mind, professionals who conduct sensitive research
may want to know about Tor. "Tor - an acronym for The Onion Router - is a
freely available, open-source program developed by the U.S. Navy about a
decade ago. A browser plug-in, it thwarts online traffic analysis and
related forms of Internet surveillance by sending your data packets through
different routers around the world. As each packet moves from one router to
the next, it is encoded with encrypted routing information, and the previous
layer of such information is peeled away - hence the 'onion' in the name."

 

RELATED: Don't Use the Google Cache as Anonymous Surf The Virtual Chase, 8
December 2004 <http://www.virtualchase.com/ask_answer/google_cache.html>

<http://tinyurl.com/imai>

 

 

 

Frank Atkinson                                         franka at ohcapcon.com

Rotunda Inc/Ohio Capitol Connection
http://www.rotundacollection.com <http://www.rotundacollection.com/> 

21 W Broad St, Columbus Ohio 43215        

 

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