Tor Hidden Services
One natural by-product of creating an anonymization network protocol like that used by Tor is that it makes it possible for a node that exists on the network to act not just as a client (e.g., for browsing websites on the public Internet anonymously) but also to act as a server. A server that can be accessed by other clients within the anonymity network, while the actual location (IP address) of the server remains anonymous.
When using Tor to maintain anonymity as a client while accessing the global Internet, the Tor network itself (comprising all those systems set up to act as Tor relays) functions (for the user) like a simple network proxy.
The user in those cases doesn’t access anything connected to the Tor ...
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