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scarp · 4748 days ago · link · · parent · post: Why wireless mesh networks won’t save us from censorship
I'm not completely sure how it works, but Tor allows people to navigate websites on the "deep web" that are completely anonymous and untraceable (the most popular example is Silk Road, an online marketplace for illegal substances and weaponry). One problem with this method is that, since it relies on constantly rerouting traffic through various proxies, it's not great for streaming media sites. I'm sure that could be optimized in the future, but until then, it seems like a viable way of avoiding censorship for other types of sites.
(As a side note, it's a bit sad that we must resort to "sneaking around" in order to do completely legal things due to bogus laws.)