This guide will help you get Tor up and running on your Mac to protect your privacy and safeguard the information you transmit on the internet. Install the free Tor client application on your computer to encrypt information transmitted to or from your Mac, bypass proxies, keep your physical location confidential, and conceal the identity of the sender and recipient.

The nonprofit Tor project (short for The Onion Router) is a distributed network of volunteers who use their computers to route internet traffic anonymously. If this lack of privacy sends shivers down your spine, you’ll be happy to hear that there is a way to preserve your anonymity on the internet while using your Mac. Law enforcement officials, internet service providers, and even website administrators can find out what internet services and resources you accessed, when you accessed them, and what computer you used to access them with. Practically everything you do online with your Mac is logged and traceable back to your computer. AirPort Apple Apps Backups Developer Education Email Hardware Internet iPad iPhone Mac Music Network Photos Security TV Weekend Wonk

The tor project messaging app