Anonymity application

Anonymity application

An anonymity application is any software application which can be used to access a network, such as the Internet, anonymously. The application can use either private or public anonymous proxy servers, encryption or even spoofing, diversion and obfuscation to ensure an anonymous and/or difficultly traceable access to a resource.

"Example: I2P (anonymous network), Tor (anonymity network), Phantom"


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