The Tor Project has announced the availability of the new Tor Browser 4.5. The open-source browser is available for all operating systems: Windows, Mac OS X and GNU/Linux. If you want to surf the Internet safely and anonymously, you can try it. (The “safe” and “anonymous” are always with reservations).
Tor Browser 4.5 runs on Tor 0.2.6.7, updates the NoScript add-on to version 2.6.9.22, and the HTTPS-Everywhere extension to version 5.0.3.
The new Tor Browser 4.5 includes the obfs4proxy 0.0.5 feature which allows users to use obfs4proxy for obfs4, obfs3, obfs2, and ScrambleSuit bridges. It also updates the Pluggable Transport Dependency.
A new feature of Tor Browser 4.5 that is also worth mentioning is that your security settings and privacy settings options are now very easily accessible with a click on the Tor icon.
The list of improvements in the new version includes, according to the developers:
- SharedWorker API has been disabled to prevent cross-site and third-party communication.
- Device sensor and video statistics APIs have been disabled.
- Rewrite of obfs2, obfs3 and ScrambleSuit transports and introduction of obfs4 transport which comes with additional DPI and probing resistance features.
- Windows packages are signed by DigiCert.
- Automatic updates are signed with an offline signing key now.
- Default search provider changed to Disconnect.
You can download the new version from the links below
