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Darwin:
If you're worried about internet security and the footprint that you leave as you wander the net,  Free Download a Day is highlighting The Onion Router today. This FOSS app promises to provide you with a truly anonymous "presence" on the internet. There are shareware apps that do the same thing (Anonymizer and Ghostsurf spring to mind) but this one promises the same functionality for free.

Eóin:
A nice package which really simplifies this process for a new user is the freely available xB Browser. It's a gecko based browser from XeroBank

Darwin:
Nice find, Eóin - worth a look as well. I don't really worry about security to this point (if I did want to surf anonymously and without worrying about security, I'd use a combo of Ad-Muncher's IP scramble and Sandboxie - both of which are already installed), but it's always nice to see these various options.

cranioscopical:
Free Download a Day is highlighting The Onion Router today.
-Darwin (November 04, 2007, 08:54 AM)
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It's nice when one doesn't have to shallot for software.

f0dder:
TOR is a nice piece of work, just remember that there's some issues with it - like, if you're not using an encrypted protocol (ie., you're browsing a site with http:// and not https://), it's still very possible for people to sniff your traffic at the exit node. Yes, this has been done.

Also, I haven't checked into this, but is it possible for TOR nodes along the way to eavesdrop on your traffic?

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