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|Scenario Task Type=Profiling your identity and actions, Surveillance|Scenario Tools and Services=Tor Browser|Scenario Task Description=There are multiple guides to help you stay anonymous when browsing the Internet. Anonymity , which is not [https://learn.equalit.ie/wiki/What_is_Internet_surveillance%3F inherent on in the Internet] and , is useful when you want to hide your destination address from the local Internet Service Provider or your identity from the visited website. It can also help protect your [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_graph social graph], obscuring the network of your actual online (and offline) relationships. If you need anonymity to send an email, please refer to the [[I want to send an anonymous email]] section. Herein the two most popular methods to achieve a degree of anonymity on the Internet: *Anonymity networks - The [https://www.torproject.org/about/overview.html.en#whyweneedtor Tor Browser] hides your destination address and shields your identity from the visited website. It is completely open source and free with an active developer and volunteer community. Guides To learn how to use it, read the guides from the [https://securityinabox.org/en/guide/torbrowser/windows Security in-a-box] project for Windows users and from the [https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/how-use-tor-mac-os-x Surveillance Self Defense] guide for Mac users, as well as some [https://github.com/freedomofpress/encryption-works/blob/master/encryption_works.md#browsing-habits tips for using Tor].*VPN [http://anonymous- a Virtual Private Network allows you to connect to the Internet via an encrypted tunnel to the VPN providerproxy-servers. Your ISP can only see your connection to the VPN service, to the website you are visiting net/en/software.html JonDonym] offers several options for anonymising your origin appears as coming directly the VPN serversand destination whilst browsing websites. *The [https://blackcensorship.riseup.net/ RiseUp VPNno CeNo] service is a popular choice among activists and functions from all computers and Android smartphones. new project that utilises the [https://wwwfreenetproject.surfeasy.com/ Surfeasyorg Freenet] is one of the many commercial VPN services offering free accounts as wellanonymous communications and publishing platform for browsing websites and media news feeds.  

Deciding whether you need to use an anonymity networks or a [[I want to learn about circumventing Internet censorship|VPN provider depends ]] will depend on your circumstance circumstances and is best explained in the [https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/choosing-vpn-thats-right-you Surveillance Self Defense] guide as well as [https://gist.github.com/atcuno/3425484ac5cce5298932#vpn-vs-tor- here]. Be aware of [https://github.com/freedomofpress/encryption-works/blob/master/encryption_works.md#what-tor-doesnt-protect-you-from Tor limitations] as well.