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How to Anonymize your Browser with a Tor-Powered Raspberry Pi Hotspot

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If you've been thinking about trying out Tor to anonymize all your web browsing, you could just download a browser and give that a spin, but it's much more fun to make your own highly portable proxy that you can easily connect to on a whim. Enter the Raspberry Pi.

Tor is one of the easiest ways to browse the internet anonymously, though it does come at the cost of speed. In fact, it's so absurdly slow that it's pretty difficult to use for basic internet browsing. But that doesn't mean it's not useful for other things, and since you likely don't want to use it all the time, a quick way to switch between Tor and the regular internet is handy.

The Raspberry Pi can help here. First you need to turn a Raspberry Pi into an access point, much like a Wi-Fi hotspot, and then you install Tor on it so all the traffic that goes through that access point is anonymized.

When you want to use Tor, you just connect to the Raspberry Pi's Wi-Fi network. When you don't, you can use whatever network you use usually. The Tor Browser is always an option too, but you might not want to install software on all your devices. This is also nice to keep around the house if you're the resident "tech person" because it makes it extremely simple to show someone what life would be like if actually decided to use Tor for their browsing (it would be slow).

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What You Need

You don't need anything special to make a Tor-powered Pi proxy, but you will need to round up a few materials before you get started:

You'll want to go ahead and set up your SD card with Raspbian and set up SSH as well. You can use either the standard version of Raspbian or the Lite version, as you'll only be using the command line for this guide. Follow our guide here to set up Raspbian (be sure to change your default password during this process) and this guide to enable SSH if you want to talk to your Raspberry Pi from any computer on your home network.

Once you've gathered everything together, make sure your Raspberry Pi is connected directly to your router with an ethernet cable, then go ahead and plug it in.

Step One: Install the Necessary Software

The first thing we'll need to do is make the Raspberry Pi 3's Wi-Fi capable of acting like an access point. This turns it into a hotspot so you'll be able to connect to it from your main computer just like you would any wireless network. We'll be doing all this from the Raspberry Pi's command line:

1. Type in sudo apt-get update and press Enter.

2. Type in sudo apt-get install iptables-persistent git

3. Select Yes and press Enter the two times you're prompted to.

Now that everything's been downloaded and installed, it's time to set it up.

Step Two: Turn Your Raspberry Pi Into An Access Point

The process for turning a Raspberry Pi into an access point is a bit complicated, but thankfully GitHub user harryallerston created a script that automates the whole process.

1. Type in git clone https://github.com/unixabg/RPI-Wireless-Hotspot.git and press Enter.

2. Type in cd RPI-Wireless-Hotspot and press Enter.

3. Type in sudo ./install and press Enter. This starts the installation process.

4. Press Y to agree to the terms, Y to use preconfigured DNS server, N to using Unblock-Us servers, Y to using OpenDNS, then N for the Wi-Fi defaults.

5. When prompted after the default question, enter a new password. This is the password to connect to your Pi-powered network.

6. When prompted, enter a new SSID, this is the name of your network.

7. Enter a channel number. 6 is fine, unless you know you need something else.

8. Enter N for the rest of the questions.

Once it's complete, your Raspberry Pi will reboot and should now work as an access point. You can test this out by heading to another computer or phone, selecting your Raspberry Pi from the Wi-Fi network list, and seeing if the internet works. If for some reason it does not, Adafruit has a guide for doing this all manually. Otherwise, continue on and install the Tor proxy software.

Step Three: Install TOR

Tor has a pretty straight-forward set up process, but you'll still need to tweak a few things to get it working.

1. Type in sudo apt-get install tor and press Enter.

2. Type in sudo nano /etc/tor/torrc and press Enter. Scroll all the way to the bottom of the document and enter the text below into the text file. When you're done, press Ctrl+X to save and continue:

Log notice file /var/log/tor/notices.log
VirtualAddrNetwork 10.192.0.0/10
AutomapHostsSuffixes .onion,.exit
AutomapHostsOnResolve 1
TransPort 9040
TransListenAddress 192.168.42.1
DNSPort 53
DNSListenAddress 192.168.42.1

Next, you need to tell the Wi-Fi interface to send internet traffic through the Tor software. This happens with a few commands:

1. Type in sudo iptables -F and press Enter.

2. Type in sudo iptables -t nat -F and press Enter.

3. Type in sudo iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i wlan0 -p tcp --dport 22 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 22 and Press Enter.

4. Type in sudo iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i wlan0 -p udp --dport 53 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 53 and Press Enter.

5. Type in sudo iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i wlan0 -p tcp --syn -j REDIRECT --to-ports 9040 and Press Enter.

6. Type in sudo sh -c iptables-save > /etc/iptables/rules.v4 and press Enter.

Now, it's time to finally start Tor. Type in sudo service tor start and press Enter. Then, type in sudo service tor status to make sure it's working properly. If you don't see any error codes, it's working. You can set it up to launch automatically at startup by typing in sudo update-rc.d tor enable then pressing Enter.

When that's finished, go ahead and reboot one more time. Type in sudo reboot and press Enter. Your Raspberry Pi should now launch everything automatically on startup.

Step Four: Connect and Browse with Your New TOR Proxy

Now, all you need to do is connect any device you want to browse anonymously on to your new Raspberry Pi Wi-Fi network. Both your regular home Wi-Fi and this one will exist, so select this as you would any Wi-Fi network. When you're connected, head to https://check.torproject.org/ to verify that you're on the Tor network. Enjoy your slow, but anonymous internet!

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Ever been frustrated with your web search results? We've all been there! Fortunately, there are several tricks you can use to search better and get more relevant results.

Searching the web more effectively doesn't really take much effort. There are slight changes you can make to your searches to better explain to the search engine what it is you're looking for. Plus, most of them have advanced options you can use to make an even better ultra-targeted search.

Below are some tried and true web search techniques that work with virtually any search engine, along with a few basic web search skills you need to have for truly successful web searches.

Be Specific

The more relevant words you use in your search, the more successful your results will be.

For example, entering coffee when trying to find coffee shops in Michigan would provide far too many unnecessary results. Typing cat, when you're in need of a drawing of a black cat, is just as unhelpful.

However, modifying it slightly to include the type of coffee or cat you want, and the specific location or color you're looking for, is usually enough to provide the results you're after.

Use Quotes to Search for a Phrase

Another important tip for getting better search results is to use quotation marks to group words together. When you do this, you're telling the search engine that everything inside the quotes should be grouped just like that in the results.

When you search the web with quotes, you drastically cut down the number of results that the search engine shows you, making a hyper-focused set of results.

Here's an example where we're grouping two sets of words so that each set will be searched just as they're typed here:

"Los Angeles" "apartments for rent"

This shows results that include Los Angeles instead of other pages that could otherwise include "los" or "angeles," such as Los Pinos, Los Cocos, Angeles National Forest, etc.

The same is true for the second half. Since we want to find apartments for rent, and we want to avoid other things for houses and condos up for rent, we use quotes for better results, ensuring those three words are next to each other.

Use an Appropriate Search Engine

Not all search engines are created equally. There are many kinds that serve a very specific purpose, so if a "regular" one, like Google, Bing, or Yahoo, wasn't enough to find what you're looking for, consider a totally different approach.

An audio search engine is one example where the website or app is built specifically for finding audio files, whether they be sound clips, music, effects, etc. A search engine that focuses on only videos or images, for example, is unhelpful if you're looking for music files.

People search engines are available, too, as well as image search engines, invisible web search engines, job search engines, torrent search engines, and others. Niche search engines might be helpful, too.

Use Google to Search Within a Specific Site

If you've ever been on a website that doesn't have its own search tool, or you used it unsuccessfully, one way to get better results is to use Google. It might sound like an unlikely fix, but Google actually lets you trim down the results to show only the pages on the particular website you choose.

This web search tip involves Google's "site" search option. Here's an example where we're looking for something on Lifewire:

site:lifewire.com social media

The same technique works for restricting the results to a particular top-level domain, such as GOV:

site:gov "ron paul"

Basic Math Will Narrow Down Your Search Results

Another web search trick that's deceptively simple is using subtraction to make your search results more relevant. This is called Boolean search, and is one of the guiding principles behind the way most search engines frame their search results.

Say you're searching for Tom Ford, but you get lots of results for Ford Motors. Fixing this is easy by combining the quotes trick you learned above with the minus/hyphen key:

"tom ford" -motors

Now, the results include only pages that mention Tom Ford, and the search engine removed those pesky car results.

Access Web Pages That Are Offline

A website that goes down or a web page that's been taken offline, either temporarily or permanently, isn't necessarily inaccessible. Sometimes, you can access a cached version of the page or browse for an archived copy of it.

Not all web pages are cached, but Google provides a simple way to check. You can do this if the site won't open for any reason, like if it was taken down, or it won't load correctly due to traffic overload.

However, the cache option on Google doesn't work for really old web pages. The alternative way to search through a site that's no longer live on the internet is to find it on Wayback Machine.

Use the Search Engine's Advanced Tools

Most search engines have advanced options you can employ to get way better results. I've gone over a few of them above, but it's important to know that there are usually far more available.

A simple example can be seen with Yahoo Search. When you search for images on that site, you can pick a specific color, size, and type of image to look for. A video search is similar, but lets you choose the length, resolution, and source.

Lots of web search tools have advanced options. You can see some examples in our list of Bing's advanced search tricks article.

A handy advanced search option that works on Google is to find files. You can use Google to find files like PDFs, Word docs, and other kinds.

For other sites, look for a Filter, Advanced, Tools, More Options, or similar button/menu around the search bar.

Run a Wildcard Search

Most search engines let you use a wildcard character to throw a broader search net. Doing this lets you communicate to the search engine that it can replace the wildcard character with whatever it wants.

A wildcard might be the asterisk (*), hashtag (#), or question mark (?), but the asterisk is the most common.

Here's an example where we want to search for truck rentals in California, but we're not specific as to where in the state the rental company has to be.

"best truck rental in * california"

We'll get better results with quotes because we're looking for lists that show all the best truck rental companies in various areas.

Here's a similar search that would drastically change the results, showing us all sorts of rental businesses, but only in San Jose.

"best * rental" "san jose"

Search a Web Page for a Specific Word

Effective web searches don't just involve tricks for using a search engine. Once you land on a page that you found through a web search, you might still stumble when finding whatever it is that you're looking for.

Fortunately, every web browser lets you do a keyword search on that page. This is a bit similar to the site search you learned above, but instead of just locating the pages that include those words, this trick shows you exactly where on the page the keyword appears.

To do this, use the Ctrl+ F (Windows) or Command+ F (Mac) keyboard shortcut to get a prompt that asks you what you're looking for. Most mobile browsers support a find function, too, usually hidden away in the menu.

For example, if you end up on a web page about a person you were researching, and you want to quickly see if the page mentions anything about the year 2005, you can use the shortcut to enter 2005. This will highlight every instance of it on the page and let you quickly jump to each line.

Try Multiple Search Engines

Don't fall into the rut of using just one search engine for all your web searches. Google isn't the only one out there. In fact, in addition to the unique ones mentioned above, there are several alternative search engines for normal web searches.

Bing, Yahoo, Startpage.com, Yandex, Ask.com, and DuckDuckGo are a few examples.

If one search engine isn't helping you find what you're looking for, you might have better results with a different one. Some of them use different algorithms and have unique filtering options that can ultimately show you different results than another one.

If you're not sure which one to use, consider Dogpile. It combines a few of them into one to help you get better results without bouncing around to different sites.

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