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20 sats \ 5 replies \ @Satosora 2 Oct \ on: Orbot: Tor on Android privacy
Tor is always nice, but is it as secure as it was in the past?
It is more secure than a vpn.
But nothing is 100% secure.
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That's an oversimplification. What I mean is that a commercial VPN sees all your traffic and knows your IP address. They do hide your traffic from you ISP and you IP from the destination. But the provider knows what your ISP knows.
Te difference is really on privacy.
But that is only one type of VPN. There are VPN providers like Mullvad that do not require KYC and claim to not log traffic. So not all VPNs are equal.
But if I run my own VPN it is secure. I would argue more secure since I am at both ends of the connection.
Tor is different. The way it is designed is to solve a different set of problems from VPNs like Wireguard and OpenVPN.
I use both. If I need speed but want to protect my IP address from the destination I use a VPN. I use TOR for many things where speed is not critical. Is a great option for bitcoin and Nostr.
Its a complex set of tradeoffs between VPN and TOR. People get the wrong idea about both. You probably aren't one of those people. Just righting this for others to benefit.
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It matters. I don't want every Nostr relay knowing my IP...
VPNs are valuable when on untrusted networks. Tor to protect your Node as well.
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Not sure its security model has changed. Not as far as I know. That said.
Tor is useful when you want to obscure your IP address from the place you are connecting to. I don't think its a magic bullet that makes one secure. Due to its design it is hard to know who are running exit nodes. I suspect many are run by bad actors and three letter agencies. That said, I don't use it to avoid their eyes. All depends on your use case.
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