Many people take their online privacy very seriously, concerned about who may be spying on them and reading their data. Some internet users turn to the TOR network.
Research and briefly describe what the TOR network is and how it works. (2 marks)
TOR is an "onion-routing" system which makes a PC's net address untraceable by bouncing the encrypted data it sends through several randomly selected computer servers on a volunteer network - each of which removes a level of encryption - before it reaches its destination.
Discuss the risks and benefits of such a network. (6 marks)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27885502
http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/events/free-speech-practice-usability-evaluation-tor-browser-bundle
To start, tor has some very disturbing risks, such as criminals hiding records and paedophiles using free space. butin the other side of it, is better things like being able to stay privatised from people who stress the individual out. but sometimes it's just used to keep quiet, out of the way of other problems.