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Lots of companies are collecting data on you.
It protects you from the spying by using several methods.

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Transport Layer Security (TLS) is not enough.
It can give you privacy, but not anonymity.
This is possible because your rig makes a direct connection to the visited web servers.

Its like a person trying to escape a tail by taking random directions before reaching a destination.
The nodes are parts of a circuit.
The security level in Tor net internet ride can be increased manually.
The default level is Standard, which you’ve got the option to increase to Safer or Safest.
To add more protection, two extensions are installed by default, which are HTTPS Everywhere and NoScript.
Tor surfing app installs itself to the desktop and adds a shortcut that will open a window on click.
This is perhaps the biggest disadvantage of using Tor internet tool.