I do not have any affiliation with the Tor Project. Im just also exploring options for better privacy.
Lot's of the points in that atricle are fair, but probebly exaggerated. Tor as a protocol is not perfect, but VPN's are not a alternative and using them in combination does make even less sense.
When talking about using a VPN without Tor. The question is who to trust, your ISP or a VPN company. But when using Tor with a VPN it does not provide any direct benifit.
Another alternative to look at is the Invisible Internet Project or i2p. It's very different than both Tor and a VPN. But probebly even more private, because it does not use the existing ip address system. You can't access the rest of the internet while connecting to i2p.
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2023-07-20 01:59:37
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