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Links to info on bouncers/VPNs/Tor.
authorDavid Precious <redacted>
Wed, 16 Nov 2016 09:47:33 +0000 (09:47 +0000)
committerEd Kellett <redacted>
Mon, 2 Jan 2017 16:20:31 +0000 (16:20 +0000)
content/kb/general/cloaks.md

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@@ -65,8 +65,11 @@ should *not* be relied upon for that purpose, as they are not reliable:
 For these reasons, we advise you to consider cloaks as only very basic
 protection from casual observers, and a way to stop your IP/hostname being
 passively logged in most cases, but caution that they cannot be relied upon to
-hide your IP/hostname robustly - if you want that, you should consider an IRC
-bouncer, VPN or Tor.
+hide your IP/hostname robustly - if you want that, you should consider an
+[IRC bouncer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRC_bouncer),
+[VPN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network)
+[Tor](https://www.torproject.org/) (see our blog post on 
+[connecting to freenode via Tor](https://freenode.net/news/tor-online).
 
 Do consider, however, just how much you need to hide your IP address; it's
 disclosed routinely during normal Internet usage - for instance, every website