It is available now Tor Browser 12.5, a new version of the basic privacy web browser that you know is based on Firefox and the Tor network and offers its proposal. This release comes, as usual, with little merit, but substantial enough to be talked about.

First, some context in case you need it: Tor Browser is available for PC (Linux, Mac, Windows) and mobile (Android), and in both cases it’s based on the Extended Support version of ESR, so when we launch it, it will be up to date with with the news that Firefox 102 brought a year ago (Firefox ESR will be renewed with the next version of the browser, Firefox 115, scheduled for a few weeks and will be taken over by the Tor Browser later).

As for the Tor network, it is an advanced connection masking system, “onion routing” that has been applied to the Tor browser and its specific configuration, as well as coherent usage rules, provides the user with a strong protection of your browsing privacy. internet. Other browsers that support connecting to the Tor network besides the Tor browser are Brave or the newer Mullvad, a Tor project in collaboration with Mullvad VPN.

Returning with Tor Browser 12.5, this release comes half a year after Tor Browser 12 with various new features and an accumulated number of security update fixes, although it should be noted that these occur continuously (usually once a month).

According to the official announcement of Tor Browser 12.5, among the new features that this version brings, it is the most significant Restoring the Tor circuit, now more accessible than ever for the sake of accessibility, is worth the redundancy. This circuit orders and lists connection nodes from the browser to the visited web page, and if you want to view it in the simplest and most transparent way, just click on the appropriate button at the beginning of the address bar.

See how Tor Browser connects to MC from Spain

This visualization also serves as a perfect example of how the mentioned onion routing that the Tor network is based on works to hide the connection from the user.

Other new features in Tor Browser 12.5 include improved connectivity, although this is not an option aimed at the average user who just wants to browse the Tor network from the moment they start the browser; redesign of Tor connection icons on .onion sites; further accessibility improvements in various parts of the browser, including information pages or screen reader functionality; Added Finnish support and many fixes of all kinds.

Interested in trying Tor Browser? You can download it on the official website of the project.