Usability of anonymous web browsing: An examination of Tor interfaces and deployability

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 229, Issue , 2007, Pages 41-51

  Clark, Jeremy ^a   Van Oorschot, P C ^b   Adams, Carlisle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anonymity; Browsing; Onion routing; Privacy; Privoxy; Tor; Usable security

Indexed keywords

ANONYMITY; ONION ROUTING; TOR INTERFACES; USABLE SECURITY;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); USABILITY ENGINEERING;

WEB BROWSERS;

EID: 36849011539     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1280680.1280687     Document Type: Conference Paper

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