Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
Appreciating the various users of Tor
A wide range of people use Tor for daily Internet access. Individuals who don't want their
ISP to collect information on the websites they visit, perhaps because they are seeking in-
formation on sensitive topics, use Tor. Government agents and the military use Tor. After
all, it's difficult to go undercover online if the IP address you are connecting FROM re-
solves to
fbi.gov
. Tor is used by whistleblowers, such as Edward Snowden, to disclose
information to the press. It is also used by normal citizens when a government blocks ac-
cess to the Internet. In late March 2014, when the Turkish government attempted to ban ac-
cess to Twitter, the number of Tor users in Turkey jumped from around 25,000 to just under
70,000 in about two weeks.
Note
Tor publishes, via a wide range of interactive graphs, numerous metrics on who is using
Tor and where they're using it from. The users spike in Turkey can be seen in the graph
