1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000 So the Tor browser is a modified version of ESR Firefox. 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:09,000 It is configured to route all traffic through the Tor network. 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:15,000 Therefore, it improves our privacy and anonymity and because it routes all traffic through the Tor 4 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:16,000 network. 5 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:22,000 Using it, we can access Tor hidden services or what's commonly known as darknet websites. 6 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:28,000 Now the browser itself is usually patched from all the known vulnerabilities to make sure that it is 7 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:29,000 as secure as possible. 8 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:35,000 It also comes with a number of plugins disabled to make it more secure and more private, and it also 9 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:43,000 has a number of extra plugins to improve the privacy and anonymity of the user, such as HTTPS Everywhere, 10 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,000 which forces HTTPS traffic through all websites. 11 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:52,000 Fixing the exit node problem that I spoke about earlier and it comes with no JavaScript which prevents 12 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:58,000 JavaScript from running on websites because JavaScript can be used to anonymize you. 13 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:01,000 So all in all, it's a pretty nice package. 14 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:06,000 Like I said, we will still be using it in the future in the other operating systems, and you can just 15 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,000 install it on any operating system that you want. 16 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:12,000 And if you do that, you'll still get some basic protection. 17 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:18,000 It will improve your privacy and anonymity, and you'll also be able to access the darknet or onion 18 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:19,000 hidden services. 19 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:26,000 So let's go ahead and see how we can first download Tor and then we'll discuss how we'll install it 20 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,000 on Windows, OSX and Linux. 21 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,000 Right here I have the download page of Tor. 22 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:36,000 I will include the link for this page in the resources. 23 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:41,000 And as you can see, you can download Tor for Windows, for OS X and for Linux. 24 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:49,000 Now if you load this page and it doesn't work for you, then your network or your internet service provider 25 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,000 might be blocking this page. 26 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:57,000 So what I'm going to do is I'm going to include another link, which is the link of the Tor's project 27 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:00,000 repository, where you can download Tor as well. 28 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:04,000 And as you can see, we have links for Windows, OSX and Linux. 29 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:11,000 It's highly unlikely that this will be blocked because this is part of GitHub, which is a huge platform 30 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,000 that contains programs for all sorts of things. 31 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,000 So it's highly unlikely that this is blocked. 32 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:24,000 But if this is blocked, if you try to load this page and it still didn't work, then you can use any 33 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:33,000 of the methods listed in here to get Tor, so you can send an email to get to a Tor project dot org 34 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:39,000 and just tell them the operating system of your computer so you can type windows to get Windows OS X 35 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:42,000 to get an OS X version or Linux to get a Linux version. 36 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:47,000 And they will send you a download link as a response. 37 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:55,000 You can also use XRP or Twitter in a similar fashion to get Tor. 38 00:02:55,000 --> 00:03:02,000 Obviously you only need to do this if the Tor website and their git repo right here are blocked. 39 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,000 So first try these things. 40 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:07,000 If that didn't work, then you can try this method. 41 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,000 This is actually very, very simple. 42 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,000 I have an example right here that I've just tested. 43 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:21,000 So all I did is I sent an email and I literally just said Windows n to get the English version to get 44 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,000 to a third project dot org. 45 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:30,000 And a few minutes after that, I got it in my inbox right here with two download links for the latest 46 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:31,000 version of Tor. 47 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:38,000 So once you download the relevant version to your operating system, you can just double click it and 48 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:41,000 go ahead with the installation process. 49 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:48,000 But I want to show you how to verify the download first to make sure that the file has not been modified 50 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:49,000 before you received it. 51 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:54,000 So right now just go ahead and download Tor for your operating system. 52 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,000 Do not run it. 53 00:03:56,000 --> 00:04:01,000 And in the next lectures I'm going to show you how to install it for Windows, OSX and Linux. 54 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,000 So the next lecture will be for Windows. 55 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:10,000 The lecture after that is going to be for OS X and the third lecture after this is going to be for Linux. 56 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,000 Feel free to skip any of these lectures. 57 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:16,000 Just go to the lecture that'll cover your operating system. 58 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:21,000 You won't lose any information if you skip any of these lectures.