Paparouter plug and play anonymity router

It's a DEDICATED Tor access point that routes your traffic through the Tor network.
You just plug an ethernet cable into an available ethernet slot on your existing
router/modem and connect one or several computers,tablets and/or smartphones to the
PAPARouter via its wireless access point. Unlike other Tor solutions, there's also
** NO REGISTRATION ** required of the device to get it to work. It’s true plug and play
anonymity.

http://www.paparouter.com/

 

Hi Compu KTed,

I posted about paparouter in msg #7 of the thread Anonymity Network Tor Needs a Tune-up to Protect Users from Surveillance here at Wilders, the contents of which may be of interest to viewers of this thread.

When I first learned of it back then (Nov. 1, 2013), my first thought was what version of Tor it uses, and whether it can be flashed with newer versions of Tor - given that Tor is a moving target constantly being upgraded.

Since I don't know enough about how the hardware works in this regard, or what its dependencies are with regard to Tor in how it works, it may be time to contact them to find out more information regarding my questions and report back here in this thread.

Thanks for posting!

-- Tom

 

The question I asked was:

What are paparouter's dependencies on Tor, i.e. is a particular version
release of Tor burned into its firmware, and if so is it flashable in order
to be upgraded as Tor gets upgraded?

and the answer I got was:

Most people who buy PAPARouter only use it for Plug and Play but if
you're smart enough to work a Linux command line you just use apt-get
to update it whenever you like. Just SSH into it.

So, no problem for Linux command line users! I imagine they would be happy to follow up with additional information regarding repositories, etc. to help their customers.

-- Tom

 

Hello lotuseclat79,

Thanks for more info.