<s>
Tor2web	B-Application
(	O
pronounced	O
"	O
Tor	B-Application
to	O
Web	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
software	O
project	O
to	O
allow	O
Tor	B-Protocol
hidden	I-Protocol
services	I-Protocol
to	O
be	O
accessed	O
from	O
a	O
standard	O
browser	B-Application
without	O
being	O
connected	O
to	O
the	O
Tor	B-Application
network	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tor	B-Application
is	O
a	O
network	O
which	O
enables	O
people	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
Internet	O
anonymously	O
(	O
though	O
with	O
known	O
weaknesses	O
)	O
and	O
to	O
publish	O
content	O
on	O
"	O
hidden	O
services	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
exist	O
only	O
within	O
the	O
Tor	B-Application
network	I-Application
for	O
security	O
reasons	O
and	O
thus	O
are	O
typically	O
only	O
accessible	O
to	O
the	O
relatively	O
small	O
number	O
of	O
people	O
using	O
a	O
Tor-connected	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aaron	O
Swartz	O
and	O
Virgil	O
Griffith	O
developed	O
Tor2web	B-Application
in	O
2008	O
as	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
support	O
whistleblowing	O
and	O
other	O
forms	O
of	O
anonymous	O
publishing	O
through	O
Tor	B-Application
,	O
allowing	O
materials	O
to	O
remain	O
anonymous	O
while	O
making	O
them	O
accessible	O
to	O
a	O
broader	O
audience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
interview	O
with	O
Wired	O
Swartz	O
explained	O
that	O
Tor	B-Application
is	O
great	O
for	O
anonymous	O
publishing	O
,	O
but	O
because	O
its	O
focus	O
is	O
not	O
user-friendliness	O
and	O
thus	O
not	O
many	O
people	O
would	O
install	O
it	O
,	O
he	O
wanted	O
to	O
"	O
produce	O
this	O
hybrid	O
where	O
people	O
could	O
publish	O
stuff	O
using	O
Tor	B-Application
and	O
make	O
it	O
so	O
that	O
anyone	O
on	O
the	O
internet	O
could	O
view	O
it	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
maintained	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
Giovanni	O
Pellerano	O
from	O
the	O
Hermes	O
Center	O
for	O
Transparency	O
and	O
Digital	O
Human	O
Rights	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
GlobaLeaks	B-Language
Project	I-Language
,	O
with	O
financial	O
support	O
from	O
the	O
Open	O
Technology	O
Fund	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rather	O
than	O
typical	O
top-level	O
domains	O
like	O
.com	O
,	O
.org	O
,	O
or	O
.net	O
,	O
hidden	O
service	O
URLs	O
end	O
with	O
.onion	O
and	O
are	O
only	O
accessible	O
when	O
connected	O
to	O
Tor	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tor2web	B-Application
acts	O
as	O
a	O
specialized	O
proxy	O
or	O
middleman	O
between	O
hidden	O
services	O
and	O
users	O
,	O
making	O
them	O
visible	O
to	O
people	O
who	O
are	O
not	O
connected	O
to	O
Tor	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Tor	B-Application
,	O
Tor2web	B-Application
operates	O
using	O
servers	O
run	O
voluntarily	O
by	O
an	O
open	O
community	O
of	O
individuals	O
and	O
organizations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tor2web	B-Application
preserves	O
the	O
anonymity	O
of	O
content	O
publishers	O
but	O
is	O
not	O
itself	O
an	O
anonymity	O
tool	O
and	O
does	O
not	O
offer	O
any	O
protection	O
to	O
users	O
beyond	O
relaying	O
data	O
using	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
Secure	I-Protocol
(	O
HTTPS	B-Protocol
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
version	O
2.0	O
,	O
a	O
privacy	O
and	O
security	O
warning	O
is	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
header	O
of	O
each	O
web	O
page	O
it	O
fetches	O
,	O
encouraging	O
readers	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
Tor	B-Application
Browser	B-Application
Bundle	O
to	O
obtain	O
anonymity	O
.	O
</s>
