Hello, r/VPN.
I was wondering if for just using it for privacy, (Not for streaming stuff you couldn’t stream in another country or similar) Would TOR or VPN be better?
So, from the concept a VPN just changes your public IP address to somewhere else.
TOR however, brings your request through several IP addresses to make finding your actual IP a lot harder (Well, and it is used to enter the dark web and internet layers below, if they actually exist)
So, what of those two options is better for pure privacy?
a VPN just changes your public IP address to somewhere else
VPN also mixes your traffic with that of N other users (you all share same IP address) and hides traffic from ISP and devices on your LAN.
better for pure privacy?
Tor. But it is slower, doesn’t do UDP, is blocked by more sites.
I prefer Vpn, accessing websites using tor requires lots of patience. And depending upon what kinda stuff you trying to do. If you only care about privacy not the speed then use tor.
I prefer TOR. No need to buy a VPN nor the need of another extra app that needs to run just to browse. Before Tor I used an Opera browser that has a free VPN inbuilt. It always worked pretty well. I don’t remember why I changed to Tor.
tor is slower but more private
and most of best high speed exit nodes are owned by government for government surveillance
And fastest exit nodes are operated by FEDs btw