Tor

Tor ("The Onion Router") is a free network that routes your internet traffic ✕ Traffic is the amount of data your website transfers, determined by visitor numbers and page size. Some hosting plans cap monthly traffic. More in the glossary → through several randomly chosen, volunteer-run servers (nodes), encrypting it multiple times — like the layers of an onion. This makes it very hard to trace who is visiting which page, making Tor a powerful tool for anonymity and bypassing censorship. The trade-off is significantly slower speeds. Some VPNs offer a combination with Tor. For everyday privacy, a VPN ✕ A VPN routes your internet traffic through an encrypted external server. This hides your real IP address and stops third parties — like your provider or public Wi-Fi — from seeing what you do. More in the glossary → is usually more practical; more in the best VPN comparison.