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[or-cvs] r12117: put some technical gibberish back on the frontpage rather th (website/trunk/en)



Author: arma
Date: 2007-10-22 20:58:57 -0400 (Mon, 22 Oct 2007)
New Revision: 12117

Modified:
   website/trunk/en/index.wml
Log:
put some technical gibberish back on the frontpage rather than
the mixed metaphors


Modified: website/trunk/en/index.wml
===================================================================
--- website/trunk/en/index.wml	2007-10-23 00:58:07 UTC (rev 12116)
+++ website/trunk/en/index.wml	2007-10-23 00:58:57 UTC (rev 12117)
@@ -25,24 +25,13 @@
 <hr />
 
 <p>
-Tor covers your tracks on the web. When you connect to the Internet from
-your computer, you leave a return address that's like a calling card,
-everywhere you go. Even if you don't log into a site with a username and
-password, you leave information on what IP address you came from and when.
+Tor aims to defend against <a href="<page overview>">traffic analysis</a>,
+a form of network surveillance that threatens personal anonymity and
+privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state
+security.
 </p>
 
 <p>
-Since this is all the information that is usually needed to find out
-who was on the other end of the wire, marketers, governments, and other
-curious parties can trace you by tracing the activity associated with
-your IP address.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-Tor hides your IP address. It's like blocking your caller ID.
-</p>
-
-<p>
 Hundreds of thousands of people around the world use Tor for a <a
 href="<page whousestor>">wide variety of reasons</a>: journalists and
 bloggers, human rights workers,