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If you connect to Tor through a VPN, it doesn't give you perfect security, but there are no added risks beyond what you would have had without a VPN, there are only benefits. The benefits are that your ISP can't directly see that you're using Tor, and it can hide your IP address from a malicious entry node. Good VPNs will also give you the option of running your traffic through more than one VPN server, and will have a firewall so that it blocks all outgoing traffic that doesn't go through the VPN. Plus, it is super easy to set up.
You just click a button to connect to your VPN, and then you start Tor. The most secure way to use a VPN of course is to pay in bitcoin and use a fake email when registering, but even if the VPN provider knows your personal details, it still seems like it's a really bad idea not to use a VPN since your ISP also knows your personal details and they're much more likely to cooperate with authorities than your VPN provider. But you can do what you want I guess. Honestly I know a lot about internet security and how tor and vpns work. That link you sent is just a bunch of ill-informed gibberish. There can literally be no disadvantage of adding another layer to your security.
Because you are still protected by Tor no matter what. Adding a VPN can't possible detract from the anonymity that Tor already provides. The only thing it will do for you is hide the fact that you're even using Tor from your ISP which is a very useful thing. As described in my flow chart, a website that you visit has no clue you are using a VPN. They only see the Tor address.
You can test this out yourself by looking at an IP Address website while using VPN + Tor. The Site will spit out your Tor address. Meanwhile your ISP only sees the VPN tunnel.
You honestly don't know enough about this if you think there could possibly be any disadvantage to adding a VPN to the picture. That article mentions 'looking suspicious' a lot. That's not what the concern would be. In most cases it's coming down to proof of some sort that you were the IP address that visited a specific site. And adding layers of security can only help in that situation. If you don't use a VPN and there's some kind of undiscovered IP leak through Tor then you won't have a VPN to cover your ass. If your ISP is being hijacked by the NSA or whoever to monitor if you were the person visiting a website from Tor, having a VPN tunnel will protect you from that.
I'd like to see some solid facts that mention anything to the fact of there being an actual disadvantage. Not the OP but I can think of some OPSEC fails of using a VPN with Tor. 1) The VPN must be paid for via an anonymous payment method. 2) The VPN must have been originally signed up via an anonymous IP address.
3) The VPN must only be used with Tor related activities. If you use it by itself then only use it from anonymous access IP's and only when going to non personal type sites which means no using the vpn for emails, facebook etc. No VPN provider is going to be willing to go to jail for your $15-$250 yearly VPN fee. They may talk a good game but they will crumble in the face of LEO/legal pressure and log your traffic. Your goal needs to be to make sure that you do not give LEO's an easier way identify you than going after your ISP for subscriber info. It you want VPN + Tor with zero setup and config try a TinyHardwareFirewall.
It connectes to a VPN and then connects to Tor. Best to make a UDP connection to the VPN and then start Tor because you are sort of running a vpn inside of a vpn. Now, reboot your laptop. It will wake up in a Tor world with zero knowledge of it's local ip address, only the one that the TinyHardwareFirewall gives it.
Careful with IOS devices though, if the wifi gets slow they will redirect traffic over the cellular network and hence, leak your location. If you connect to a VPN then start tor on the vpn node you're letting tor run on hardware/OS you don't control. Except that's not how that works. You can't run TOR on the VPNs hardware/OS. You run TOR on your computer, the data is encrypted before leaving your computer.
So all the VPN can see is encrypted data. This is especially useful when you cannot trust your ISP. Hardware/OS you don't control What do you think ISPs are? Hardware/OS you don't control. Most ISPs have a monopoly in specific areas, so there isn't competition to keep them from doing questionable things like monitoring your traffic.
VPNs, on the other hand, are fighting for a market of users, and if they log when they say they don't (or provide any 3 lettered agency with access), they are quickly dropped and replaced. Is a network map of VPN + TOR.
All credit goes to. Is a of some of popular VPNs to use with TOR.
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As you can see there are some trustworthy VPNs.
How to use a VPN with Tor Connecting to VPN first, then Tor (also known as “Tor over VPN”) gets you all the privacy protection of the Tor network, and the added protection that no Tor node will ever get to see your home IP address. You will also not have to worry about being flagged by your home network for using Tor, as all that network will see is encrypted traffic to your VPN server. Tor over VPN also provides access to the Tor network even where it is blocked, such as corporate and school networks, or certain countries.
Another advantage to Tor over VPN is that your VPN service will still not see what you are doing inside the Tor network. And if there is a bug in the Tor Browser , connecting to VPN first will put an additional layer of security between that bug and you.
Setting it up is easy: Just connect to your favorite VPN server and then. VPN The Tor network and VPNs are both privacy tools, but they work differently. Tor is an open network that anybody can join and contribute to, as well as use for free. Routing your data through the network anonymizes that data, but the network is slow and inefficient, by nature. The network does not collect any user information, although a malicious Tor node may keep limited logs. You do not need to trust the network, although you should assume that parts of it may be under surveillance. By comparison, a VPN client routes all data through its network, even data being sent peer-to-peer (as with file sharing).
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It encrypts the data against being seen by third parties, but because it all passes through the VPN’s servers, a user must be able to trust that the VPN itself does not maintain any logs. At a minimum, a VPN will need to collect some user information, such as payment details.
Why not Tor first, then VPN? Creating a tunnel through the Tor network and connecting from there to your VPN service (also known as “VPN over Tor”) is more difficult to set up. ExpressVPN does not support this method as it does not increase your anonymity.
While this setup does make it impossible for the exit node to see your traffic, it is now the VPN service that is able to see your traffic again. In theory, a VPN that doesn’t keep activity or connection logs can be trusted with this information, but it reintroduces an element of trust into an otherwise trustless setup, leaving you with no anonymity advantages, only the slow speeds of the Tor network. How does Tor work without VPN? Tor functions like a layered series of that route your traffic in a zig-zag around the internet before it reaches your destination (the layers give rise to the name, which stands for The Onion Router).
There are at least three hops your data travels through. The entry node, which inevitably knows your IP address. The middle (or relay) node, which prevents the exit node from finding out which entry node you used and makes it very hard to correlate this information.
The exit node, which knows what site you are connecting to, but does not know who you are The three nodes separate your IP address from your destination and enable two individuals to communicate without either party, or any middleman, knowing who the other is. The Tor network is typically accessed through the Tor Browser, which is derived from Firefox. The Tor Browser is optimized for security and privacy, unlike most other web browsers, which are optimized for speed and do not defend adequately against attacks such as. Though Tor is pretty much the gold standard for anonymizing your internet traffic, the system is slow and inefficient. The Tor Browser by default only protects your browsing data, not other applications running on the side, which all have to be configured separately. A more secure option is, an entire operating system that allows you to route all your data, from all programs, through the Tor network.