onion domain names, which are only available via the Onion network. For those unfamiliar, Tor Browser is based on Firefox and offers more privacy and anonymity with advanced encryption. The update was announced in a blog post this week. With the newest release of Tor Bowser 12.0, the Mac version of the Firefox-based browser is now a Universal app, meaning it can run natively on Macs with Apple Silicon or Intel chips using the same binary. It's likely that any attempts to use other browsers without meeting the specification above would give Eve a much easier time, making Mallory an expense that need not be spent.Tor Browser is now optimized for Apple Silicon, thanks to a new update rolling out this week.

It has successfully forced Eve to become Mallory. Remember, Tor Browsers main goal is anonymity and unlinkability. If you have the money to pay for, or happen to know a team of developers with the time to maintain, a fork of another browser such that it complies with the specification then I'm sure your contribution would be appreciated.

So, while the current Tor Browser that's distributed is a patched version of Firefox, this is because currently Firefox is the only browser that is close enough to the requirements to meet these design goals without extensive re-engineering or having to maintain a fork.įirefox also provides an 'Extended Support Release' which is what Tor Browser is based on, which only gets security updates, not functionality updates which reduces the frequency and workload of maintaining the patch set. See: The Design and Implementation of the Tor Browser.

Tor Browser is a set of design goals for anonymous browsing.

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