> Another advantage here is that it prevents Tor from seeing who you are > behind the VPN. So if somebody does manage to break Tor and learn the IP > address your traffic is coming from, but your VPN was actually following > through on their promises (they won't watch, they won't remember, and > they will somehow magically make it so nobody else is watching either), > then you'll be better off. > > Even if you pay for them anonymously, you're making a bottleneck where > all your traffic goes -- the VPN can build a profile of everything you > do, and over time that will probably be really dangerous. > > In short, I think "You -> VPN provider -> Tor network" can be a fine idea, > assuming your VPN provider's network is in fact sufficiently safer than > your own network; but "You -> Tor network -> VPN provider" is generally > a really poor plan. > > --Roger >
With your permission, parts of this could be used in the torproject.org wiki. Mailing list discussion would be linked. I am going to create a new article related to Tor plus VPN. Can you agree with that? _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
