Questions about TOR

[Brandonn2010]

1. Would TOR keep all sites from tracking my IP?

2. Would it work with Chrome and AppGuard?

3. What are the downsides to it?

[LockBox]

Many of your questions are answered here:
https://www.torproject.org/about/overview.html.en

Also, Tor is best used with the Browser Bundle available from the Tor Project itself. It uses Firefox/Aurora with it pre-configured for maximum security.

[mirimir]

Originally Posted by Brandonn2010

1. Would TOR keep all sites from tracking my IP?

Yes.

Originally Posted by Brandonn2010

2. Would it work with Chrome ...

Yes, but you'd need to set it up yourself, rather than just using Tor Browser Bundle (TBB).

Originally Posted by Brandonn2010

... and AppGuard?

Maybe AppGuard support will tell you.

Originally Posted by Brandonn2010

3. What are the downsides to it?

It's slow. It only handles TCP traffic, and even getting it to handle DNS lookups is nontrivial. Unless you use end-to-end security, such as HTTPS, you're vulnerable to evil exit nodes. Observers (such as your ISP, and sites that you visit) know that you're using it.

[Brandonn2010]

So would using TOR and Chrome following the guide here:

http://lifehacker.com/5614732/create...ymous-browsing

Along with HTTPS Everywhere effectively ensure my privacy from everyone, even my ISP? I don't know why I'm worrying about this anyways. I don't do anything illegal, I just don't like the idea of everyone keeping track of everywhere I go.

[PaulyDefran]

Originally Posted by Brandonn2010

I don't know why I'm worrying about this anyways. I don't do anything illegal, I just don't like the idea of everyone keeping track of everywhere I go.

That is the rationale for most of us, and still very valid. I'm the most boring guy on the planet...but I want to be privately boring

You're ISP will know you connect to a Tor node, but that is it. If *all* your traffic is HTTPS (hard to do still, a lot of forums aren't) then you are relatively safe from a compromised exit node.

You basically have your ISP knowing you either connect to Tor or a VPN. Both are still legal...for now.

PD