
The first tool, 's Mozilla Firefox - Portable Edition (at the URL below) is based on Mozilla Foundation's Firefox code but was independently developed by John T. So far I've found two tools that fit the bill. Since then, I've been looking around for other browsers that can help protect privacy above and beyond the typical browser features of being able to manually clear history and cache data. That's to be expected, and I do respect their opinions even though they differ from mine. = IN FOCUS: Two More Portable Anonymous Web Browsersīy Mark Joseph Edwards, News Editor, mark at ntsecurity / netĪ few weeks ago after I wrote about Browzar (see the article at the URL below), a few people wrote to criticize the tool. Manage threats and vulnerabilities from adware and spyware in one console as a comprehensive approach to maximizing network security. Microsoft Learning Paths for Security: Identity and Access Management Security Matters Blog: New Tool: WindowsZones Two IE Vulnerabilities Allow Unwanted Code Execution IN FOCUS: Two More Portable Anonymous Web Browsers Reducing the Cost of IT Compliance: Streamlining the IT Compliance Life CycleĬONTENTS = Patch and Spyware Management: An Integrated Approach to Network Security More often than not you have nothing to hide, but even so, valuing and protecting your right to privacy and anonymity on the net is paramount to freedom.PLEASE VISIT OUR SPONSORS, WHO BRING YOU SECURITY UPDATE FOR FREE: Tor Browser is a powerful and, above all, secure Internet browser that lets you surf anonymously. In that sense, you gain total anonymity and total browsing freedom. In other words, if a person or website tries to find out who you really are or what website you're using, the only thing they'll see is that you're logging on from the Tor network. In that sense, using Tor is completely unlike other browsers, where after looking for information about shoes on a page, you'll get ads trying to sell you shoes on the next page you visit.Īnother advantage of Tor Browser is that all its users seem to have the same appearance when it comes to any monitoring system attempt. Any time you leave a page, your cookies are automatically cleaned. One of the most interesting (and popular) features of Tor Browser is the ability to isolate every web page you visit, so trackers and ads can't follow you from one web page to another.

Orbot, as many users already know, is a version of the Tor network for Android-one of the most powerful Internet privacy tools out there today. Now you can surf the Internet completely anonymously and securely, hiding your online identity under several layers of security. Tor Browser is the official browser for Tor Project, the team behind Orbot.
