Nos oignons contributes to an Internet
where we have more control over the information that concerns us.
When you read a newspaper, it is a one-way reading.
The newspaper is not reading us while we are reading it.
Yet when you read the same newspaper online,
this is what happens.
The site learns which article we read,
how much time we spend on it,
and which Internet connection we used
and therefore where we are.
The advertising agencies used on the site learn all this too.
And, as they are used by several sites
they can follow us throughout our press review.
And it doesn't stop there
If a site uses Google's analytics or fonts services,
displays a Facebook "Like" button or a Twitter "Share" button,
these companies are also tracking us.
And just by logging into your GMail, Facebook or Twitter account
they can link our identity
to the sites we visit, what we do on them,
how long we spend on them
or where we use them from.
Yet this is not acceptable.
It is simply none of their business.
These informations should not
be shared without our consent.
Most laws that seek to protect us
such as the GDPR,
do require us to be consulted about the use of these data.
But by that time, they have already been transmitted by our browsers.
So, the sites ask us
one by one
our consent.
But we can't really check,
and it doesn't protect us from bad configuration or hacking.
Shouldn't this information be shared only if we want it?
The Tor Browser does just that.
It isolates our connections to each site.
So, it's impossible to track us from site to site.
Even if I'm logged into GMail in a tab
Google won't know that I'm visiting other sites.
Another thing the Tor Browser does is to make everyone "look" the same.
Our system information is replaced with generic information.
This makes us more difficult to discern.
The sites and their partners will only record being visited by a Tor browser.
But for this to be possible, it is necessary
to get around a limit of the historical functioning of the Internet.
When a communication is done on the Internet
computers learn their location on the network
as they exchange information.
Except that this is problematic.
It forces us to disclose a very personal information :
the connection we use,
from which everyone can know where we are.
The Tor network ensures that this information does not leak without our consent.
By bouncing our connections
through a network of thousands of relays, it hides our location.
Indeed, for each of our connections, three relays are chosen at random
and thanks to a system of onion layer encryption
It is impossible for intermediaries to see the entire communication.
When you connect to a site with Tor
the third relay - also known as the exit node - knows our destination,
but it can't know where we are.
This is where Nos oignons comes in.
Some of these exit nodes are those of Nos oignons.
The association contributes to the Tor network
by operating several good capacity relays, located in France.
Our relays are funded by donations from individuals like you,
organizations, and businesses.
Join us in supporting the Tor network
and keeping the Internet the way it should be.