1 00:00:00,850 --> 00:00:07,720 Now that we know how to install the Tor Browser and how to access the Tor network even if Tor is blocked 2 00:00:08,140 --> 00:00:15,010 let's have a quick overview on how to use this browser and how to configure its settings for maximum 3 00:00:15,010 --> 00:00:18,070 security and anonymity. 4 00:00:18,070 --> 00:00:25,520 Now the first thing to keep in mind is never used Tor in fullscreen always keep it on maximized. 5 00:00:25,540 --> 00:00:32,890 As you can see here and just increase the screen size manually from the edges of the window because 6 00:00:32,890 --> 00:00:40,810 the size of the screen can be used to identify what kind of laptop or what kind of a screen you're using. 7 00:00:40,900 --> 00:00:47,320 Also it's a very good idea to always check for updates so to do that all you have to do is just go to 8 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:55,900 the on your right here and click on check for browser updates so as you can see a check the Tor Project 9 00:00:55,900 --> 00:01:02,950 dot org and everything is working for me it's telling me that Tor is working and that my IP appears 10 00:01:03,100 --> 00:01:04,330 to be this IP. 11 00:01:04,870 --> 00:01:06,440 So this is all good. 12 00:01:06,910 --> 00:01:11,210 If we go here to the icon you will see the tower circuit. 13 00:01:11,530 --> 00:01:16,320 So these are the nodes that I've been showing you before in here. 14 00:01:16,450 --> 00:01:19,280 So this would be my first second third. 15 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:25,300 And if we go back to here you can see that my first or guard node is Germany. 16 00:01:25,300 --> 00:01:32,530 Then I'm going to the United Kingdom then to Canada and then go into the tower project Web site. 17 00:01:32,530 --> 00:01:40,770 So these are my three nodes that I used to always show you in here. 18 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:42,490 So that's really cool. 19 00:01:42,500 --> 00:01:49,400 You can also click on new circuits for this site and what this will do is it will randomly select three 20 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:52,190 different nodes different than what we have in here. 21 00:01:52,190 --> 00:01:58,490 This will basically change your IP and it'll make you look like you're coming from a completely different 22 00:01:58,550 --> 00:01:59,480 IP. 23 00:01:59,510 --> 00:02:06,170 So if I click on it now you'll see this page will refresh and you'll see my IP in here changed and you 24 00:02:06,170 --> 00:02:13,640 can see that now I'm going Germany Germany Moldova and then I'm go into the target Web site which is 25 00:02:13,670 --> 00:02:16,080 our project dot org. 26 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:17,790 So that's very cool. 27 00:02:18,350 --> 00:02:20,810 Well I also want to show you is the settings. 28 00:02:20,870 --> 00:02:28,760 So if we click on The Onion icon in here you can see again we can request a new identity from here. 29 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:36,320 When you click on new identity the whole browser will close your cache your history and all your browsing 30 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:38,220 data will be removed. 31 00:02:38,390 --> 00:02:42,730 Then the browser will restart with a completely new circuit. 32 00:02:42,740 --> 00:02:48,830 So this option will make you lose all the tabs that you have open but you will look like a completely 33 00:02:48,830 --> 00:02:55,580 different person whereas when you request a new circuit from here this circuit will only affect the 34 00:02:55,580 --> 00:02:56,510 current web site. 35 00:02:56,510 --> 00:03:02,240 The Web site that we have loaded here and it won't delete your history or browsing data. 36 00:03:02,690 --> 00:03:05,660 So the only thing that will change is your IP. 37 00:03:05,660 --> 00:03:12,330 You will seem like you're coming from a different country or from a different IP whereas the new identity. 38 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:17,960 It'll change all of that plus it will close all tabs and it will remove all browsing data. 39 00:03:18,140 --> 00:03:23,680 So you literally look like a completely new person. 40 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:28,610 Next I'm going to click on the tour network settings. 41 00:03:28,610 --> 00:03:33,890 We've actually used this before when we wanted to use plug a transports and bridges. 42 00:03:33,890 --> 00:03:40,050 We ticked this option right here and we provided bridges in this box. 43 00:03:40,070 --> 00:03:41,400 Now I'm not using bridges. 44 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:43,550 Some can uncheck this. 45 00:03:43,550 --> 00:03:50,090 The second option if you're using a proxy to access the internet so you can check this and put the proxy 46 00:03:50,090 --> 00:03:51,480 information. 47 00:03:51,530 --> 00:03:59,060 And finally if you think your service provider or your network manager is using a firewall that only 48 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:06,320 allows specific ports then you can check this option and only use port 80 and four for three. 49 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:10,700 These are ports that are commonly used by Web sites on the Internet. 50 00:04:10,700 --> 00:04:13,220 It's used by pretty much all Web sites. 51 00:04:13,220 --> 00:04:18,740 Therefore if you only use these ports you'll manage to bypass some firewalls. 52 00:04:18,740 --> 00:04:21,840 But again this will still slow your connection. 53 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:26,900 So I'm going to keep this unchecked because as you can see I'm able to access the terror network with 54 00:04:26,900 --> 00:04:28,040 my default settings. 55 00:04:28,130 --> 00:04:31,360 So I don't really need to change much. 56 00:04:31,370 --> 00:04:37,790 Finally I want to show you some of the options that I recommend modifying just to make sure that we 57 00:04:37,790 --> 00:04:44,360 have configured our browser to be as secure and as anonymous as possible. 58 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:50,900 So I'm going to click on the more options in here and I'm going to go down now and here you can request 59 00:04:50,930 --> 00:04:54,500 a new identity or request a new circuit. 60 00:04:54,500 --> 00:04:58,390 I've already showed you how to do this and explain this at the start of the video. 61 00:04:58,730 --> 00:05:06,340 So we're not going to do it now but what we want to do is to go to the options here so you'll see an 62 00:05:06,340 --> 00:05:11,070 options window very similar to the one you get with a normal Firefox browser. 63 00:05:11,230 --> 00:05:17,260 And what I want to do is just modify some settings that I think will just make the browser a little 64 00:05:17,260 --> 00:05:19,070 bit more secure. 65 00:05:19,090 --> 00:05:22,830 So I want to go to privacy and security. 66 00:05:23,620 --> 00:05:30,190 And first of all in the history I'm going to modify this and make sure that it never remembers history 67 00:05:31,410 --> 00:05:31,860 next. 68 00:05:31,890 --> 00:05:36,930 I'm going to scroll down and we're going to go to the tracking protection. 69 00:05:36,930 --> 00:05:42,920 And I'm going to set this to always then I'm going to scroll down. 70 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:46,010 I'm going to make sure that it's going to block pop up windows. 71 00:05:46,010 --> 00:05:51,740 I'm going to make sure that it warns you when the browser tries to install add ons. 72 00:05:51,740 --> 00:05:59,060 And I also recommend checking this box to prevent accessibility services from access in the browser. 73 00:05:59,110 --> 00:06:02,530 But check in this box will require you to restart the browser. 74 00:06:02,570 --> 00:06:08,890 So I'll do this at the end so I'm going to scroll down more. 75 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:11,460 Now we have the security settings here. 76 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:13,580 I will cover them in the next lecture. 77 00:06:13,580 --> 00:06:21,230 So right now I'm going to keep scrolling down and I'm going to check blog dangerous and deceptive content. 78 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:27,270 And we're also going to make sure that these two boxes are checked to make sure that you get a warrant 79 00:06:27,380 --> 00:06:32,140 when our Web site tries to force you to download a file. 80 00:06:32,350 --> 00:06:37,510 So now that I'm happy with everything I'm also going to check this box to prevent the accessibility 81 00:06:37,510 --> 00:06:38,430 services. 82 00:06:38,620 --> 00:06:43,590 Like I said I think this will make your browser as secure as possible. 83 00:06:43,840 --> 00:06:50,220 Some of the settings that were set in here will break some Web sites but we're going for maximum security. 84 00:06:50,950 --> 00:06:58,100 And you can also come in and experiment with these reduce it bit by bit to tailor and to suit your use. 85 00:06:58,990 --> 00:07:03,730 So I'm going to check this that's going to ask me if I want to restart the browser we're going to say 86 00:07:03,730 --> 00:07:07,310 yes that's fine. 87 00:07:07,590 --> 00:07:11,550 And as you can see the browser is working now again with no problems. 88 00:07:11,730 --> 00:07:12,860 Just to double check. 89 00:07:12,870 --> 00:07:22,910 We can go to check dot Tor Project dot org and perfect as you can see the browser is working. 90 00:07:22,990 --> 00:07:29,860 If we click here we can see our circuit were coming out of France and this is the IP that we appear 91 00:07:30,010 --> 00:07:30,870 that we're using.