Tor and "The Deep Web"

[Mike Powers]

Time magazine did a cover article on Tor and the Deep Web recently.  I read it, and it was quite the interesting read for someone that doesn't know too much about that sort of stuff. 

I understand that to view otherwise unaccessable websites in the Deep Web, you need to use the Tor browser.  My question is, can using the Tor browser make me anonymous/more secure while viewing my usual cache of websites?

Also, what is the legality?  I understand that there are some dark corners out there, like the Silk Road website.  Is it illegal just to visit that site, or just to make a purchase?

Enlighten me geniuses 

[Rob]

I don't know

[! JDM The Professional !]

I don't know

#productivepost

[Judge]

You can use Tor to visit all your normal sites, but the connection to the server won't be from your network.

[Rob]

Well I wanted to make Mike feel better after his little moan in the other thread.