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*[Tor Browser](https://www.torproject.org)* is a web
browser based on [Mozilla Firefox](https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/) but configured
to protect your privacy.
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Sending your connections to websites through the Tor network is not enough to totally protect you while browsing the web:
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<h1 id="confinement">Security confinement</h1>
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<p>To prevent Tails from running out of memory and crashing, download
very big files to the <i>Persistent</i> folder.
The files that you download outside of the Persistent Storage are
stored in memory (RAM), which is more limited.</p>
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<h1 id="https-everywhere">Secure connections with HTTPS</h1>
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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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<h1 id="javascript">Protection against dangerous JavaScript</h1>
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<p>To understand better the behavior of <i>Tor Browser</i>,
for example, regarding JavaScript and cookies, you can
refer to the <a href="https://2019.www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/">
<i>Tor Browser</i> 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 *Tor Browser* 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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To change the security level, click on the [[!img security-level.png
class="symbolic" link="no"]] icon on the right of the address bar
and choose **Settings&hellip;**.
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<p>You can safely disregard the message, "Your browser is being managed by
your organization," which appears in the
<i>Tor Browser</i> preferences.</p>
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<p>All this message means is that the automatic updates feature of
<i>Tor Browser</i> has been disabled. This is done
intentionally in Tails to make sure that no security feature or configuration
gets broken by automatic updates of
<i>Tor Browser</i>.</p>
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<h1 id="circuit-view">Tor circuit</h1>
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Click on the **[[New Tor circuit for this site|Tor_Browser#circuit-view]]** button to use a different circuit.
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You can use *[[Onion Circuits|doc/anonymous_internet/tor/circuits]]* to get more detailed information about the circuits being used.
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<h1 id="new-identity"><b>New Identity</b> feature</h1>
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The New Identity feature of
<i>Tor Browser</i>:
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Closes all open tabs.
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Clears the session state including cache, history, and cookies.
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