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“Nuke Gingrich” has posted a blog entry, Torpark Update, with a quick blurb about the Torpark Installer program.

Thanks for the link, Nuke. Everyone should pop over to his website when you get a chance.

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Torpark is designed as a portable app that you would, ultimately, run from a USB drive. But, many people are not skilled at installing applications that do not have an installer. I did not think that this should be a hindrance for people so I wrote a Torpark installer.

This article has the download link and a step by step howto for uning the installer to put Torpark on your computer.

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I just wanted to say thanks to all of you out there who are visiting the site. There is a lot of work that goes into a blog that is updated daily. I average about two hours a day (or 5% of my life) in order to generate useful and interesting information. But, when I see the number of hits slowly and steadily increasing, that just encourages me to keep on going and to do more.

I also want to thank everyone for clicking on the Google Ads seen throughout the website. I have tried to put as few as possible on the website but it sure is nice when someone clicks on one of the ads. I make very little off these ads but I appreciate it when someone needs a product and they use the ads on my site to find it.

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As you may or may not have realized yet, I am a bit of a personal privacy nut. I don’t want anyone knowing any more about me than I absolutely have to. I am also enamored with applications that will run entirely from a USB drive. Plus, freeware/open source has a tendency to turn my crank.

It is logical, then, that I would be completely over the moon about Torpark. It uses a series of web proxies to disguise where you are coming from on the Internet. It is based on Firefox Portable so it will run entirely from your USB drive and, yes boys and girls, it is free.

From Torpark’s website:

Torpark is a program which allows you to surf the internet anonymously. Download Torpark and put it on a USB Flash keychain. Plug it into any internet terminal whether at home, school, work, or in public. Torpark will launch a Tor circuit connection, which creates an encrypted tunnel from your computer indirectly to a Tor exit computer, allowing you to surf the internet anonymously. How much does Torpark cost? IT’S FREE.

Here are some important links for your research into Torpark:

• Torpark Website - http://torpark.nfshost.com/
• Torpark Download - http://torpark.nfshost.com/download.php
• Torpark Manual - http://torpark.nfshost.com/manual.php
• Torpark Forum - http://torpark.nfshost.com/forum/
• Tor Network Website - http://tor.eff.org/
• DCoT Torpark Installer - http://www.dailycupoftech.com/?page_id=165

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The whole idea around Daily Cup of Tech is to share information. So, when I found out that there was a very quick and easy way to incorporate chat into my website, I jumped at the change.

You will now see on each post and article a Chat about this link. Click on this link and a chat window will open up showing all other people who are interested in chatting about that post or item. It is a great way to get ideas flowing!

I will attempt to be online to chat on each day’s topic for at least an hour or so but I can’t guarantee that I will always be available.

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