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# Smell my onions!
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Tor is an anonymity network that works with *nodes*. Each node is in a
random place in the world.
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Your computer picks a random nodes path. making it hard to guess who you are
A shitty thing about this is that your IP address will be shown to the
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first node you visit. And traffic on it is unencrypted.
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![More information about
tor](https://wiki.installgentoo.com/images/2/20/1327674341221.jpg)
## Hidden Services
If you're too poor to get yourself a domain, and don't mind having a
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random 16 chars long domain, you can get an .onion, which are free, and
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easy as shit to setup. And if you think somebody can do something with your IP address, well, as long as [you're](https://nitter.net/x0rz/status/932560332614258688) [not](https://nitter.net/x0rz/status/908312394186858501/photo/2) [stupid](https://nitter.net/x0rz/status/919888593958694912)