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minus-squarejimersonlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours agoMaybe it’s a silly question, but would using a VPN, like Mullvad, in conjunction with TOR make it even more secure, or is that just redundant?
minus-squarenymnympseudonym@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 hours agoIn most cases using a VPN with Tor makes you less secure. Any threat model covered by VPN+Tor is like a million times better covered by simply using Tor Bridges and no VPN
minus-squarenymnympseudonym@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoBack on Reddit /r/tor this was such a common question that someone made a whole subreddit just so “/r/torwithvpn” could be replied as a FAQ Here’s a privacy-preserving link to the subreddit post. It’s good info, worth the read https://redlib.zaggy.nl/r/TorwithVPN/comments/qm4d91/youre_here_because_you_wanted_to_use_tor_with_vpn/
Maybe it’s a silly question, but would using a VPN, like Mullvad, in conjunction with TOR make it even more secure, or is that just redundant?
In most cases using a VPN with Tor makes you less secure.
Any threat model covered by VPN+Tor is like a million times better covered by simply using Tor Bridges and no VPN
Thank you!
Back on Reddit /r/tor this was such a common question that someone made a whole subreddit just so “/r/torwithvpn” could be replied as a FAQ
Here’s a privacy-preserving link to the subreddit post. It’s good info, worth the read
https://redlib.zaggy.nl/r/TorwithVPN/comments/qm4d91/youre_here_because_you_wanted_to_use_tor_with_vpn/