Tor Browser10.0.1

Tor Browser is now at v9.5. You can read about it HERE: https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-95 - - You can download it HERE: https://www.torproject.org/download/

MACUPDATE ADMINS - version 9.0.2 is now out as of 12/5

MacUpdate Admins: current released version is 9.0

We all know the truth... it is best

If you're running into a version 7.0.7 bug that stalls and times out the opening of the installer, you are not alone. The workaround is to update Tor Browser from within the application. Go to the menu bar, click on "Tor Browser" then "About Tor Browser". The app should immediately start downloading and updating itself to version 7.0.7, successfully.

You sure about that version number MacUpdate? Because the latest version on the Tor website is 7.0.5. https://goo.gl/MAATW

The current version is 7.0.4.
https://www.torproject.org/dist/torbrowser/7.0.4/TorBrowser-7.0.4-osx64_en-US.dmg

Using Tor automatically increases surveillance and logging of your IP's activity, achieving the exact opposite of what the app was designed to do, which was to provide privacy/anonymity. It currently provides neither. You may as well wave a red flag. VPN is the best privacy option, and it's not perfect.

If the folks at Firefox still don't know the hack the FBI used to circumvent and bust into TOR what's the use of using TOR, since it is Firefox that is weak like in the TOR process.

Version 5.5.5 is a brick on the Mac for OS X 10.11.x. I'm not the only user with this complaint. Launch the app, click the Connect button and it crashes immediately.

Good web browser. It is definitely for users who are a little bit paranoid about their security or want to hide their IP. Unfortunately you may not reach or see the content of some websites with it (for example Apple Support Communities). This is the only drawback. It loads pages pretty fast. Like it.

Version is up to 5.5.2, and the MU link is ancient and dead. correct download link: https://www.torproject.org/download/download-easy.html

I like this browser, because it let's me browse through the Internet without being tracked down by someone. Using Tor is much easier than using programs that change the IP address. Pros: - Great tool for those seeking privacy on the Internet - Comprehensible design - Stable and efficient work Cons: - Fails to access some websites (e.g. Apple Discussions) - Sometimes it's a bit slow Bottom Line: I would certainly recommend this browser to anyone.

I've just tried it and it erased all my Firefox bookmarks!!! Utilities like Bookmacster were unable to restore them! But luckily I just made a profile backup with FEBE yesterday which I successfully restored. I haven't tested it further but I wanted to point out this "little" inconvenience before anyone else gets trapped. ;-) Backup your profile before you use Tor Browser or use a dedicated account.

http://www.ibtimes.com/tor-safe-anonymous-browser-hacked-suspects-keeping-quiet-privacy-advocates-shaken-1645210

Use Tor, paint a target on your back... http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28162273 Not that this should be surprising, really.

Current version is 3.6.2, available at the tor project website: https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en Tor Browser is based on Firefox ESR, so it's a rock solid platform, user friendly, but like using an older version of Firefox. Installation is drag and drop. Launch it and you're already browsing anonymously. It just works. It's a bit slow, but that's the nature of the Tor network.

Someone is up-voting TrueCrypt and Cryptix. Cryptix is closed source and close source crypto is really hard to be trusted. I wouldn't! TrueCrypt just shut down operations saying it was unsecure to be used: http://truecrypt.sourceforge.net/ says "WARNING: Using TrueCrypt is not secure as it may contain unfixed security issues." Combine those two and that makes me really think if we have a person on someone's payroll upvoting unsecure software. Hard to proove but the pattern behind this is really strange. Same applies for the GPG Suite page: http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/9417/gpg-suite Again TrueCrypt (unsecure) and Cryptix (can not be trusted and seems to use weak security) are up-voted. Macupdate should really reconsider the entire voting system for similar software. When it comes to security related software this is no fun and can endanger peoples lifes if they use unsecure software. I recommend using Tor / GPG Suite, please refrain from using untested closed source software which you cannot trust.

Tor is slower than a snail on valium.

As a non-Admin user, I can't use this version. I'll have to stick with the older one until the issue with Maverics gatekeeper is fixed. I'd give it at least 4 stars otherwise.

Seems, 64-bit builds for OS X are gone? https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en

Waaaaayyyyy to slow to be of any practical use. I appreciate the Tor community but I'd be willing to pay to get access to speeds comparable to VPN services. I'll keep rocking PrivateInternetAcess secure VPN service. There's still no evidence the NSA has been able to compromise OpenVPN.

I really appreciate the efforts of the Tor project, but this is annoying. Tor has it listed as version 2.3.25-13 on their website. But if I "get info" on the downloaded app, it shows it's version 2.3.25-12 just as it's listed at MacUpdate. Why the discrepancy? As vital as using the latest version for best practices is with this app, you'd think the Tor team would put a greater emphasis on on proper versioning practices. 2.3.25-13 is also within the name of the zip file as well. Is this a double typo or is something else going on here?

This is probably common knowledge. "Other skeptics wondered if the Tor Project is a plot by the NSA to identify Internet users who feel the strongest need to hide themselves. Tor has previously admitted that the US Department of Defense was one of its principal financial backers, with some estimating that as much as 86 percent of Tors 2010 budget came from the Defense Department." http://www.darkpolitricks.com/2013/08/tor-anonymity-network-membership-has-doubled-since-nsa-leak/

I’m afraid the Tor developers’ rational for their confounding version numbering is nothing less than bankrupt, as attested by the multitude of insider and end-user respondents here and on other fora. Calling Tor "version 1.0" repeatedly and seemingly in perpetuity is bullshit (please pardon my profane but long overdue rhetorical intensification, since nothing else seems to work). Publishing the official but quashed version numbers, such as the current official v. 1.0 (the umteenth application of that v. number) which is actually designated v. 2.3.25-5, is the only honest and non-confusing way to go forward, as evidenced by the very many public comments published here and elsewhere at the release of every new “version 1.0” to which we’ve been subject for months now — many such months. In addition, the only truly useful and HONEST practice would be to publich the actual changes in each version CONCURRENT WITH THEIR RELEASE, which heretofore has NOT been the company’s practice. We like Tor and its attendant technologies. And we even more appreciate that the developers have continued to offer it for free, But this freeness and its attendant versional obfuscation make uncomfortable if not antithetical bedfellows. Come on, what do you have to hide lose? Or more to the point, what have you been hiding with this dishonest practice? And is is it any wonder that so many new such apps have been release in the just the past few months? Or has that gone unheeded too?

Still with the retarded version numbering? Argh.

Isn’t it time they started putting real version numbers on this to reduce the confusion?

I recently was at an adult site with Tor enabled and got a notice that some gal in my town (it actually named the town that I live in) wanted to chat with me. I if Tor is really working as it's supposed to, how and why was my town's name identified? How can anyone really be certain that Tor actually works as avertised and keeps one's web use anonymous?

I need a little help with Tor. I was enjoying it but suddenly it quit on me and I can't get it back. I am using 10.8.2 so I switched to my Snow Leopard Mac. It did the same. Vidalia stays on but Tor is gone. I really like this browser and I would like it back.

Wow: MacUpdate's description blurb is hilariously incorrect. The blurb describes an "installer" and checking or not checking various boxes regarding "running at startup". What gets downloaded is not an installer, but a web-browsing app that simply runs upon double-clicking. There are no options of any kind presented for "startup" or "scripts". There is no folder /Library/Tor created by running this. As far as I can see (by searching my hard drive with EasyFind), nothing called "Privoxy" has been installed, contrary to the blurb.

I have never used Tor. One reason is a few concerns I have. Perhaps someone here who is knowledgeable of Tor -- and who has used it (not a Tor rep) -- can offer some answers: 1. Considering that an http request bounces along a few hops before reaching the targeted server -- that is, your final destination -- how much is the latency increased? Is it substantial? Hardly noticeable? 2. How much -- if at all -- does Tor affect connections to secure -- https -- websites, such as bank accounts, utility agencies, etc., where one must log in, and perhaps enter a renewable pass code? 3. What is the trust level of Tor insofar as data collection is concerned? These are my basic concerns before I even consider using this product. Thanks!

link to download is down on 18 Aug 2012

This is NOT 'Tor 1.0'. There is no 'Tor' except as a project name. This is TorBrowser. AND: There is no TorBrowser '1.0'. The current version is 2.2.35-11. (The Get Info box for TorBrowser has always said '1.0' and will always continue to say '1.0'). No wonder people get confused about the Tor Project when even the download sites can't get the version numbers right! If you really want to start understanding the Tor Project, visit the Tor Project: https://www.TorProject.org/ The Tor Project writes two main pieces of software: 1) TorBrowser, as linked above. 2) Vidalia, which is NOT linked above. Here is the link: https://www.torproject.org/projects/vidalia.html Tor technology takes time to learn. Start with the TorBrowser then dive into Vidalia when, or if you are ready. Tor is helpful for maintaining our US Constitutional right to PRIVACY. Thanks to the fascist Corporate Oligarchy corruption of our US government, our constitutional right to privacy as citizens on US soil is being destroyed. Fight back with the Tor Project and other privacy maintenance software. Tell the Corporate Oligarchy and their political puppets to get out of the USA and die in some forsaken hole of their own digging and devising. They are not welcome here.

This listing is out of date. Go directly to the developer's web site to get the latest: http://www.torproject.org/projects/vidalia.html.en

Excellent software if you need to hide your browsing habits or have to deal with sensitive information on the web. Combined with Proxy Switchy!, it's possible to activate Tor with a single click on Google Chrome. If you live in a country that restricts internet use, I suggest downloading the Tor Browser Bundle from their website. Just put in on a USB flash drive and you can access the net from any computer without leaving any traces of your activity.

does anyone know if using vidalia will then allow Pandora to work from countries in which it is restricted?

I am waiting and hoping for a Tor button for Safari 5 because I sick and tired of Firefox and all the bloody crashes. Please make a Tor button for Safari soon!

Link to download is not working...