More and more users have become interested in the issue of maintaining anonymity on the Internet. Unfortunately, complete anonymity cannot be ensured in any way, however, using Tor for the Mozilla Firefox browser, you can limit the tracking of your traffic by third parties, as well as hide your real location above.

Tor is an anonymizer for Mozilla Firefox that allows you to hide personal data on the Internet by connecting to a proxy server. For example, with this solution you can hide your real location - a useful feature if you want to use web resources that have been blocked by your provider or system administrator.

You've probably heard that Tor is a popular browser that allows you to maintain maximum anonymity on the Internet. The developers have made it possible to use Tor through Firefox, but to do this you will need to follow the following procedure:

1. Download Tor Browser and install it on your computer. In this case, we will not use the Tor browser, but Mozilla Firefox, but in order to provide Mozilla with anonymity, we will need Tor installed.

2. Launch Tor and minimize this browser. You can now launch Mozilla Firefox.

3. Now we need to configure a proxy in Mozilla Firefox. Click on the browser menu button in the upper right corner and in the window that appears, go to the section "Settings" .

Please note that if your browser has extensions installed that work on network settings, it is recommended to disable them, otherwise, after performing all the steps described below, the browser will not be able to work correctly through Tor.

4. In the left pane of the window, go to the tab "Additional" . At the top of the browser, open a subtab "Net" . In the block "Compound" click the button "Tune" .

5. In the window that opens, check the “Manually configure proxy service” option, and then make changes, as shown in the screenshot below:

6. Save the changes, close the settings window and restart the browser.

From now on, the Mozilla Firefox browser will work through Tor, which will make it easy to bypass any blocking and maintain anonymity, but without having to worry that your data passing through a proxy server could be used with malicious intent.

Learn how to access the TOR network in the Google Chrome browser. To do this, we will use a simple extension that allows you to switch to the TOR proxy server.

TOR allows you to browse websites anonymously. Tor works as an intermediary between the user and the website he is visiting. Moreover, Tor replaces the user's real IP address with a completely random one.

If you are visiting a site from Russia, you can safely use a proxy server from the USA (or any other country) so that no one notices your real location.

The TOR proxy server allows you to anonymously visit any website. But did you know that you can set up TOR in your favorite web browser, Google Chrome? Yes, it is possible, and in this article we will tell you how you can do it.

How to use TOR in Google Chrome browser

The method is quite simple and convenient. Follow step by step to set up TOR in Google Chrome browser.

That's all! Now you can use Tor to anonymously visit sites on the Internet.

Let us remind you that the anonymous Tor network allows you to protect the user from hackers and espionage. Many leading companies, such as Google, track users' online activities. Thanks to Tor, you can visit any website anonymously.

You can also go to a prohibited or blocked site using Tor.

The issue of anonymity on the Internet is a fundamentally important issue for many. There can be a lot of reasons for this and, of course, I will not go into such details. I will only say that the sites that you open in your browser are able to recognize your location, because that is why the search engine displays first those sites that correspond to your region.

Those users who want to remain in the shadows give preference, fortunately, the choice of them today is simply huge. I have already talked about many of them in previous articles, and this one will also be no exception. This time I want to talk about what the tor add-on for firefox is. Go!

What is tor for firefox

So, as I mentioned above, tor is an anonymizer, in our case, for the Mozilla browser. The principle of its operation is to establish an anonymous network connection. At the same time, tracking of traffic by unauthorized persons is excluded, and the sites to which the user goes do not track his location. The beauty of tor for firefox is that it can work with other web browsers, and also work seamlessly with various programs.

How to use Tor

It is best to use the tor plugin for firefox together with the TorBrowserBundle program. Even if you want to work exclusively with Mozilla, download this browser, launch it, and only then launch Mozilla.

Next, go to and change its settings. Usually, by default there is a checkbox next to “No proxy”, so uncheck it and set the settings as in the screenshot below. If suddenly for some reason the plugin starts to behave incorrectly, go back and check the box next to “No proxy” again.

By the way, there are some ways that can increase the effectiveness of an anonymizer, in particular Tor, which is discussed in this material.

1. If you are looking for absolute anonymity, remember that some plugins can still give you away, for example, Flash. Therefore, if you wish, you can disable these plugins indefinitely.
2. Do not use torrents, as they can change your privacy settings.
3. Encrypt the communication protocol; to do this, instead of http at the beginning of the address bar, enter https.
4. Don't forget to use the Tor browser.

I hope these simple tips will help you get the most out of the Tor add-on!

(translated as “merge”, but is also an acronym for Firefox USIng Onions). This is a project to integrate Tor Browser functionality directly into Firefox.

As you know, Tor Browser is based on Firefox ESR with a bunch of Tor-specific patches. It's not very convenient for anonymous browser developers to spend time relocating these patches from one repository to another. Therefore, several years ago, together with Mozilla, the Uplift project was organized, which provided for the automatic inclusion of Tor Browser patches into the Firefox codebase. Over the past year and a half, new information security features simultaneously implemented in Tor Browser and Firefox. This is element isolation (First-Party Isolation, the privacy.firstparty.isolate setting in Firefox 52+, it is also part of the key Cross-Origin Identifier Unlinkable system, which ensures anonymity in the Tor Browser), a system for countering fingerprinting, including fingerprinting based on installed fonts , anti-fingerprinting via HTML5 canvas, new privacy.resistFingerprinting setting in Firefox 59+, etc.

Now it's time for the next step: tighter integration and ultimately a complete merger of Firefox and Tor Browser.

Fusion Project Goals

• Further anti-fingerprinting. Font fingerprinting protection works successfully, but in Firefox disabled by default because it breaks some sites. The developers aim to make the protection more user-friendly, improve compatibility with websites, and continue to monitor new fingerprinting methods. They will be blocked in Tor Browser and Firefox at the same time.
• Implementation proxy bypass framework.
• Learning the best ways Tor proxy integration in Firefox. The Tor client can be implemented as a separate process or library (this issue is currently under discussion).
• Really private Firefox surfing mode, which will include element isolation, anti-fingerprinting, and Tor proxy features. Currently, Tor Browser has numerous features that are missing from Firefox's private mode:
  • security slider;
  • packet routing display (circuit display);
  • HTTPS Everywhere, NoScript;
  • Tor Launcher;
  • pluggable transport protocols;
  • various other improvements.
  Now Mozilla is deciding: perhaps after merging the functions, it makes sense to create two private surfing modes (one of them with Tor).

Direct integration with the Onion onion routing network is one of the Tor Browser features that Firefox's private mode lacks

So far, the developers do not have a clear plan for what specific Tor Browser features will be implemented in Firefox. Of course, ideally I would like to implement everything except the latest versions of the protocols (v3 onion services, etc.).

Representatives of the Tor project understand that if onion routing is fully integrated into Firefox, scalability problems will arise. Simply put, the load on the Onion network will increase dramatically. It is not yet entirely clear how to solve this problem. Perhaps the wealthy Mozilla Corp. will provide financial assistance and support for Tor relays. We are talking potentially about hundreds of millions new users on the Tor network every day.

One of the consequences of the Tor and Firefox merger will be the standardization of the Tor client protocol specifications and the release of open documentation. This is beneficial for everyone: the more people study the specifications, the more potential vulnerabilities and weaknesses will be fixed. Mozilla is now going to prepare tests for compliance of the protocol with the specifications.

For now, the Fusion project has experimental status. Before merging code, it is extremely important to make sure that everything works well and does not harm usability - and also to reassure everyone that it is safe to send Tor code to Firefox. Fusion project manager Ethan Tseng assures that the Fusion project is now supported at the level of director and technical director of Mozilla Corporation. They believe that this way they can get functionality in the browser that competitors do not have.

The absolute end goal of this project is to make the Tor Browser obsolete so the community can focus on research rather than maintaining the Firefox fork.

The merger of Tor and Mozilla is quite logical, because the projects have the same core values. The fourth principle of the Mozilla Manifesto:

“The safety and privacy of Internet users is fundamental and cannot be considered optional.”

The main mission of the Tor project:

“Advance human rights and freedoms by creating and deploying free and open technologies for anonymity and privacy.”

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1. Can I use other browsers (for example, Google Chrome) for Tor?
But I don’t know! If there is an extension for Chrome that allows you to work with a proxy server via Sock4 or Sock5, then you can. But at one time I was looking for such an extension, but did not find it, alas!

I recently found such an extension.
Today I will teach you how to install it and how to use it.

Attention! Remember that for the Google Chrome browser to work through TOR, TOR itself must be running!

Part 1. Install the extension "Proxy Switchy!"
1. Go to the extension page.
2. Find the “Install” button there and click on it:

3. The browser will ask if you really want to install this application. I recommend either answering yes or not reading further:

4. The application will begin to download. You can monitor this process in the lower left corner of the browser:

5. After some time, the application will download and install. And it will immediately show you its settings:


It's time to move on to part 2.

Part 2. Configuring the extension to work via TOR
In the settings that the program showed you after installation, you need to write what is highlighted in the picture with red frames:

And don't forget to click the "Save" button.

That's all. The extension is configured and ready to use.

Part 3. Working through TOR
Find the “Proxy Switchy!” extension icon in the Google Chorme extensions panel (located to the left of the “Settings” icon):
We move the mouse pointer over it and click on its left button. The following menu appears:

The icon changes color from gray to blue: . This means that the connection will now go through the proxy server we configured. That is, through TOR.

Let's check if this is true. To do this, go to the page " https://check.torproject.org/?lang=ru&small=1&uptodate=0". And this is what we see there:

Hooray! Now our browser works through TOR!

How to make it “like before”? Nothing could be easier! Find in the Google Chorme extensions panel (located to the left of the “Settings” icon) the “Proxy Switchy!” extension icon: . We move the mouse pointer over it and click on its left button. The following menu appears:

Click on what you marked with a red frame.

That's all! Use this extension to your health!

P.S. Experienced users who understand English well can configure your browser to use the desired proxy for a specific site using this settings item: