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[–] Cano@lemm.ee 24 points 10 months ago (3 children)

The Tor project themselves reccomend against using their service with a VPN. The only thing a VPN would do is prevent your ISP from knowing you're accessing Tor, but if the feds are actively trying to get you (as this meme seems to imply) then the VPN won't really do much. If anything using a VPN would only make you more suspicious

[–] Rustmilian@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

If you don't want your ISP to know, there's this magical thing called TOR Bridges.

[–] Infiltrated_ad8271@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The Tor project themselves reccomend against using their service with a VPN

The devs say it as general advice for those who don't know what they are doing.. It's perfectly fine as long as you don't try to set up strange configurations and you can trust your vpn provider.

[–] Cano@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Thanks for the correction

[–] spez@sh.itjust.works 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This guy created his account today. He's a troll, don't bother.

[–] Rustmilian@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago

My brother once said Tor browser is dangerous. He probably thinks you get sent to an illegal store or a CSAM site the second you open that thing.

[–] ram@bookwormstory.social 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

OP ITT is really just jumping around screaming that they're the only person on this platform who's not in the CIA lmao

[–] tenoto9124@sh.itjust.works -4 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] ram@bookwormstory.social 1 points 10 months ago

Why are you always spending time with the CIA? Pretty sus, maybe you're in the CIA, or a CIA shill, huh?

[–] privacybro@lemmy.ninja -1 points 10 months ago

I've never once seen a valid argument of why someone should not use a VPN.