Software Update: Tor Browser 7.0.2

Version 7.0.2 of Tor Browser has been released. Tor stands for The Onion Router and is a network that can be used to surf the Internet relatively anonymously. Users’ tcp traffic is routed through various Tor routers, after which it is virtually impossible for the recipient to trace who the original sender was. This information is still present within the Tor network so that answers, of course also via the system of routers, eventually arrive at the right place. This release comes with the following notes:

Tor Browser 7.0.2 has been released
Tor Browser 7.0.2 is now available from the Tor Browser Project page and also from our distribution directory. This release features an important security update to Tor. We are updating Tor to version 0.3.0.9, fixing a path selection bug that would allow a client to use a guard that was in the same network family as a chosen exit relay. This release also updates HTTPS-Everywhere to 5.2.19. Here is the full changelog since 7.0.1:

All Platforms

• Update Tor to 0.3.0.9, fixing bug #22753
• Update HTTPS Everywhere to 5.2.19