The Tor project was designed to combat the scourge of tracking and invasion of privacy across the internet. It's is a freely accessible network of global relays that bounce traffic all around the world and encrypt the path it takes, making it difficult to track one's behavior online.

Tor, which stands for The Onion Router, is available through many mechanisms including a browser, Android client, and now hardware in the form of the Anonabox (note this hardware was developed by a third-party, not the Tor Project itself).

Some of you may have heard of this device, and are aware of its turbulent past. It first appeared as a Kickstarter project that exploded in popularity. The company was seeking just $7,500 and ended up getting over $600,000 before Kickstarter suspsended the campaign. A Redditor and others had raised some issues about the veracity of the designers? claims, so Kickstarter yanked the project in light of these questions, which were whether they were using custom hardware or an off-the-shelf unit from China that was modified.

The Ananobox was ultimately modified to address these claims, according to the company, and reappeared on Indiegogo with a new-and-improved device. The company was eventually acquired in 2015 by a holding company, and now it's mass-producing these boxes and selling them all around the world.