[Tutorial] Use torsocks to force applications to use Tor

If you didn't knew torsocks, it's a tool to safely route various commands and applications over Tor. Let's install it first:

Updating repos & intstalling requirements

• $ sudo apt update && sudo apt install autoconf automake libtool gcc -y

Cloning the gitlab repository

• $ git clone https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/torsocks/ && cd torsocks

Compiling the package

• $ ./autogen.sh && ./configure && make && sudo make install

Now we can try to use any application/command by calling torsocks before

• $ torsocks firefox-esr will route your browser over Tor
• $ torsocks curl <arg> will route curl over Tor

You also can start a new terminal session fully routed over Tor by doing --shell

• $ torsocks --shell
• $ (your terminal is now using Tor)