23 Strangers Standing Between You and This Article

You clicked this link. Quite simple, right? But before these words appeared in your browser, they went on a little journey, hopping through routers, data centers, and cables you'll never see, operated by people you'll never meet. And you know what? You can see every one of those stops, and even trace the full path from your machine all the way to mine, or any server, really. The tool that lets you observe your route through the constellation of routers called the internet is traceroute (or trace