On 13 July 2013 04:07, Gabrielle wrote: > > Okay. Now I'm officially confused. > > If I download Tor, can't I run it as a separate program from IE? > Can I run the two programs separately, like the proverbial ships in the night?
Unfortunately, yes you can. > Can someone tell me exactly what it means to configure Tor through IE? > Can't I configure it by itself and continue to use the two independently of > each other? Anonymity and security can't be sprayed on after the fact. They need to be built-in from the start. Tor is more than just a program that runs on your computer, it's sort of like a parallel internet that runs alongside the big internet, only more anonymously. Tor doesn't do something to your computer to make it safer, Tor carries your internet traffic over a safer route. Existing programs on your computer will continue to use the existing path to the big internet. Only programs that have been configured to use Tor will use this new, safer path. Re-configuring all your existing programs is a Very Large Job, and not easily done by beginners. For beginners, almost everyone recommends the Tor Browser Bundle because it already knows about Tor. _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
