[Ignatius]

Originally Posted by jcw00

Is anyone using Tor, how much does it slow your connection down?
- See news item: http://www.cableforum.co.uk/article/...rgeted-ad-deal
- And the Tor website http://www.torproject.org/

Tor is an option for preserving anonymity

Just be aware that, unless you're using encrypted traffic, your location, and any unencrypted details (e.g. emails, web traffic) can potentially be found out by the operator of the final node in the chain (called the Exit node).

It's not going to compromise your web banking (which uses SSL) but may compromise access to any sites which don't display the padlock in the browser.

Details can be found here:

http://www.wired.com/politics/securi...urrentPage=all

http://blog.ironkey.com/?p=22