Beyond the FUD with Tor "Tor" not "TOR." Yes, it's onion routing, but not an acronym for "The Onion Router". and "tor" is the daemon. starting point with anonymity, obscuring source of TCP communications, eg, HTTP/s the occasional nefarious assumptions in media often overshadow utility for targeted parties, censored users an answer to Panopticlick: lose me in the crowd, please