Modified Firefox browser makes web surfers anonymous

Stan Beer
Thursday, 21 September 2006 11:41

Your IT - Home IT

Internet privacy advocates are proudly pushing a new Firefox-based web browser that enables internet users to maintain complete anonymity when they go online to surf the net.

• Announcements

The new browser, called Torpark works by randomly routing encrypted page requests through a network of servers called The Onion Router, making it almost impossible to track down a user's IP address.

Torpark, which was developed by a group of security specialists who call themselves Hactivisimo, has won plaudits from non-profit internet privacy advocate Electronic Frontiers Foundation.

The Torpark browser, which is a modified version of Portable Firefox, does not require installation and can be carried around by the user on a USB memory stick, taking up only 7MB of storage.