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I just want to use an encryption browser program like Tor except apparently Tor can't be run as root/superuser and I need to always use superuser for my firewall. Is there anything else I can use or maybe can Tor be used as superuser? I use Debian.
The "Tor Browser Should Not be Run as Root" tells you which file to edit to allow you to run tor browser as root, but that was a few months ago so could be outdated now.
edit: You may also need to change the owner of the data directory to root too, but that is also explained on this site
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