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The folks over at Hacktivismo have created a new browser to enable anonymous interweb activity which is a combination of Firefox (ok that link was gratiuituous) and Tor.

Torpark keeps Web surfers’ identities private, can run off a USB stick, and scrubs tracks from host computers and browsers.

New York, NY (PRWEB) September 19, 2006 — Hacktivismo, an international group of computer security experts and human rights workers, just released Torpark, an anonymous, fully portable Web browser based on Mozilla Firefox. Torpark comes pre-configured, requires no installation, can run off a USB memory stick, and leaves no tracks behind in the browser or computer. Torpark is a highly modified variant of Portable Firefox, that uses the TOR (The Onion Router) network to anonymize the connection between the user and the website that is being visited.

“We live in a time where acquisition technologies are cherry picking and collating every aspect of our online lives,� said Hacktivismo founder Oxblood Ruffin. “Torpark continues Hacktivismo’s commitment to expanding privacy rights on the Internet. And the best thing is, it’s free. No one should have to pay for basic human rights, especially the right of privacy.�

Torpark is being released under the GNU General Public License and is dedicated to the Panchen Lama*.

You can also of course just us Tor (I do occasionally) but it should be restricted to times when you really *need* to use it (journalists doing research, dissidents in restrictive nations that spy on citizens, etc, not just when you want to look for pr0n password crackz).

Ars gets props for the feed.