New Browser Offers Stealth Mode Surfing

A free, portable web browsing tool designed to boost privacy for internet users has been unleashed
this week by human rights group, Hacktivismo. The TorPark download is a modified version of the
portable Firefox browser and can be loaded onto a memory stick, for use at home or on any public
computer, said the group, which describes itself as a collection of computer security experts committed
to “developing technologies in support of the highest standards of human rights”.

The Torpark private browsing technology covers users’ tracks by linking their computer to a distributed
network of servers called the Tor Network via an encrypted tunnel which allows them to surf the internet
anonymously.

The creators of the software said it was built to defend against common practises such as tracking
IP addresses used by numerous websites and ISPs for traffic analysis, which can also be monitored
to pinpoint a user’s identity.

“Torpark causes the IP address seen by the website to change every few minutes to frustrate
eavesdropping and mask the requesting source. For example, a user could be surfing the internet
from a home computer in Ghana, and it might appear to websites that the user was coming from
a university computer in Germany or any other country with servers in the TOR network,” the group said.

Hacktivismo was formed out of the hacking group The Cult of The Dead Cow, which operates under
a remit to fight “anyone or any government that aspires to limit free speech”.
“We live in a time where acquisition technologies are cherry picking and collating every aspect of our
online lives,” said Hacktivismo founder, Oxblood Ruffin.
Although Torpark anonymises a user’s internet connection, Hacktivismo loved it could not shield any
data being transmitted between locations, which meant that users should abstain from using any
username or password on websites that do not provide a secure login and session.

More info about this browser here; +http://torpark.nfshost.com