In the previous lecture we learned what the third network is how it works and how it's supposed to protect
our privacy and anonymity.
We also learned how to connect to this network using the Tor browser.
So we learned how to properly install it and configure it and then use it to connect to the network
so that we can access Web sites privately and even access Tor hidden services or online services or
what most people refer to as the darknet.
Now this is a very easy and simple method and it's great if you just want to access a Web site quickly
privately or if you just want to have a quick look over the darknet.
But it's not the best method.
The reason for this is because we installed deter Browser in a normal operating system such as Windows
Linux or OS X.
These operating systems regularly collect data about the user about you to improve user experience and
who knows maybe for other reasons not only that but most of these operating systems have other programs
installed on them which also collect data about you again to improve user experience and maybe for other
reasons.
Now all of this collected data can be used to D anonymize you and profile you.
Not only that but all of these programs all of the programs outside the top browser itself access the
Internet directly.
They do not use data or network.
The only program that is using the Tor network is deter browser.
Therefore when these programs leak information about you they are leaking.
Also your proper exact location not only that but we also have issues such as DNS leaks which also would
leak information about you and not to mention that all of these programs and operating systems have
a history of being vulnerable to code execution and buffer overflow vulnerabilities.
Now these vulnerabilities can be used to gain full control over your computer and obviously once someone
has control over your computer no one where you are getting information about you is very very simple.
Therefore in this section I want to show you a much better method to protect our anonymity and privacy.
This method is a little bit more complex and will require a little bit more work and a little bit more
hardware.
But don't worry about it.
I'm going to break it into very simple lectures and I'm going to walk you through the steps one by one
and you're going to learn exactly how it's going to work and why it's so much better than just installing
the Tor browser on a normal operating system.