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<span class="application">[Tor Browser](https://www.torproject.org)</span> is a web
browser based on [Mozilla Firefox](https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/) but configured
to protect your privacy.
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[[!img lib/apps/tor-browser.png link=no alt=""]]
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Some frequently asked questions about <span class="application">Tor Browser</span> can be found in
[[the FAQ|support/faq#browser]].
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<p>This is why you get the following error if you try to download files to
another folder:</p>
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If you want to upload a file from *Tor Browser*, copy it first to one of these folders.
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<h1 id="https-everywhere">HTTPS encryption with HTTPS Everywhere</h1>
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Using HTTPS instead of HTTP encrypts your communications with the website and prevents the [[Tor exit node from intercepting your communications|about/warnings/tor#exit]].
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For example, here is how the browser looks when we try to log in to an email account at [riseup.net](https://riseup.net/), using their [webmail interface](https://mail.riseup.net/):
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Notice the padlock icon on the left of the address bar saying "mail.riseup.net". Notice also the address beginning with "https://" (instead of "http://"). These are the indicators that an encrypted connection using [[!wikipedia HTTPS]] is being used.
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When you are sending or retrieving sensitive information (like passwords), you should try to only use services providing HTTPS. Otherwise, it is very easy for an eavesdropper to steal whatever information you are sending, or to modify the content of a page on its way to your browser.
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[HTTPS Everywhere](https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere) is a Firefox extension
included in <span class="application">Tor Browser</span>. It is produced as a collaboration between [The Tor
Project](https://torproject.org/) and the [Electronic Frontier
Foundation](https://eff.org/). It encrypts your communications with a number of
major websites. Many sites on the web offer some limited support for encryption
over HTTPS, but make it difficult to use. For example, they might default to
unencrypted HTTP, or fill encrypted pages with links that go back to the
unencrypted site. The HTTPS Everywhere extension fixes these problems by
rewriting all requests to these sites to HTTPS.
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To learn more about HTTPS Everywhere, you can see:
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- The [HTTPS Everywhere homepage](https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere)
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- The [HTTPS Everywhere FAQ](https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere/faq/)
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<h1 id="javascript">Protection against dangerous JavaScript</h1>
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Having all JavaScript disabled by default would disable a lot of harmless and possibly useful JavaScript, and might render many websites unusable.
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<p>To understand better the behavior of <span class="application">Tor
Browser</span>, for example, regarding JavaScript and cookies, you can
refer to the <a href="https://2019.www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/">
<span class="application">Tor Browser</span> design document</a>.</p>
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<h1 id="security-level">Security level</h1>
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You can change the security level of <span class="application">Tor Browser</span>
to disable browser features as a trade-off between security and usability.
For example, you can set the security level to *Safest* to disable JavaScript completely.
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