


The website can’t see where you’re coming from, only that you’re using Tor. Instead, your connection first bounces between three Tor nodes and then finally exits the Tor network and goes to the website. Within the network, consisting of thousands of nodes run by volunteers across the internet, you do not connect from your house directly to the web server. Even Tor itself won’t know what you’re up to. The website can see where you are coming from (and track you), and your internet service provider can see which website you’re loading (and track what you’re doing and sell advertising based on your activity).īut if you open Tor Browser and load the same website, none of those parties can spy on you. When you load a website in a normal web browser like Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge, you make a connection over the internet directly from your house (or wherever you happen to be) to the web server you’re loading. Tor Browser Lets People Browse the Web Anonymously This extension can access your proxy settings.Websites that end in “.onion” are known as Tor onion services - or if you want to be dramatic about it, the “dark web.” Here’s how it all works.This extension can create rich notifications and display them to you in the system tray.This extension can access your data on some websites.Note: to report bugs, please visit addon's homepage () and fill the bug report form. In order to get a new TOR identity, please press 5 and to restart TOR connection, please press 6 on your keyboard. In order to start TOR connection on your computer, please press 1 on your keyboard, once "Tor is connected successfully!" message is displayed, you can use Tor Browser Button add-on to connect your browser to the TOR network. For Mac please open "win" folder and run "run.sh" file.ģ. For windows machine, please open downloaded "win" folder and run "run.bat" file within the folder. If you have Windows machine, please download and unzip "win.zip" file to your computer, and if you have Mac download and unzip "mac.zip".Ģ. In order to get the patch please visit this () GitHub repo and download (mac.zip) or (win.zip) files.Īfter downloading the patch to your computer, please follow the below steps to connect your machine to TOR network.ġ. A separate patch is prepared, to help users easily connect to the TOR network. If you do NOT know how to connect your PC or MAC to the TOR network please read the following. It is basically an unofficial extension that is developed and maintained independently by its author.īefore using the addon please make sure your computer (PC or MAC) is connected to TOR.

Important note: this addon does NOT belong or relate to Tor® project and has NO affiliations with Tor® anonymity software or website at all. Onion Browser Button is a lite add-on that let you easily connect to TOR network in your browser (browse under TOR proxy).
