Do people actually use VPN + Tor?

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Do people actually use VPN + Tor?

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Lots of people do and tor specifically advise against it. Technically it’s 100% fine to do but in the majority of cases they don’t understand how to use it to improve privacy and end up hindering it

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My ISP doesn’t let me use Tor so yeah I use both at the same time.

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Hello and welcome to /r/onions! This is a pretty common question, check out this /r/Tor wiki that will answer your question.

About to use Tor. Any security tips? - Covers why much of the good-sounding advice you will find from random people on the Internet (like “run Tor in a VM” or “use Tails” or “enable bridges” or “add a VPN” or “disable JavaScript” or “never use Windows” or “use Tor on public WiFi”) should not be given without knowing the person’s adversary model, because in most cases this good-sounding advice will not apply.

VPN + Tor: Not Necessarily a Net Gain - Covers why system33- argues that adding a VPN to Tor is usually unnecessary, rarely helps, and rarely hurts.

Tor Plus VPN - The Tor Project

There are many discussions on the Tor Mailing list and spread over many forums about combining Tor with a VPN, SSH and/or a proxy in different variations. X in this article stands for, “either a VPN, SSH or proxy”. All different ways to combine Tor with X have different pros and cons.

Dump of links of why a VPN and Tor does not give you more anonymity and security, and IMO it hurts your anonymity:

https://old.reddit.com/r/tails/comments/b3dbg7/tails_is_messing_with_me/eiyrlhe/

https://old.reddit.com/r/TOR/comments/axwpi3/guard_node_selection_entrynode_fingerprint/ehxccot/

https://old.reddit.com/r/darknet/comments/axzus0/advice_request_anything_to_make_the_first/ehxwjbv/

https://old.reddit.com/r/darknet/comments/b1uh7n/best_vpn_to_use/eiojteh/

https://old.reddit.com/r/TOR/comments/ar2c9k/vpn_router/egkypul/

https://old.reddit.com/r/TOR/comments/awv4h2/the_torplusvpn_page_on_the_tor_wiki_is_mostly/

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I watch NetworkChuck video about the dark web he said that VPN + Tor is safe but not safest
Tails Is the safest if you want to visit the dark web

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You need to source a bulletproof VPN

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Use VPN to cover the TOR traffic from your ISP and make it connect faster.
It‘s an additional layer of security.
But you dont need.

Overkill. Use the vpn of your location. Write a config for torrc which only chooses nodes which are in your country. == You get a super fast Tor Browser which is nearly impossible to identify

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I don’t know. Let me call everyone in the world and ask them, and I’ll get back to you.

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i would hope not that brings more attention to them

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2 proxies, + vpn + tor :pinched_fingers::rofl:

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nah not really, at least on dis sub

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Hey guys, I just joined. I don’t know anything about anything not even what a VPN is.
But I want to keep my phone information. I guess my IP address and transactions to my bank, debit card and Cash app private. I’ve been hacked a few times. And what do I need to do to protect myself?
Should I pay a monthly fee for a program like proton?

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The Tor Project doesn’t endorse it, and neither do I. I recommend you just use Tor as is, maybe with a bridge if necessary, but nothing more than that.

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Always use a VPN.

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There are really good free VPNs. No need to ever give personal details.

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Do you mean for example paying the VPN with cards and giving them all your infos?

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What a shitty ISP… Sorry to hear that

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Why dont you just use a bridge, then they will not even know that its tor

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The problem with that is if the feds have a warrant (please don’t do anything illegal) then they’ll be able to look through all the nodes you connected to, whereas if you connect to a server in the United States, China, and Russia, it’s unlikely that all three of those countries will work together to find you.