The Dark Net by Peter Johansen

Author:Peter Johansen [Johansen, Peter]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00

A word of caution though – if you chose to use Tor over VPN, you must have full trust on your VPN service provider. This is because your VPN service provider is the only one who can see that you are using the Tor network although they won’t have a way of knowing what is in your encrypted internet traffic. But take note, most VPN service providers store the metadata logs and records of their clients’ online activities. A record of your internet traffic will reveal all your search queries as well as the websites you have visited. Session logs, on the other hand, will reveal all your metadata such as your IP address and how much data was transferred. The bad news is, with a court order, government agencies can force them to turn over such records. It means your visits to the Tor network will be discovered. Ideally, you should choose a VPN service provider that neither keeps a record of your internet traffic nor logs your session activities (a log-less VPN).

Another vulnerability to reckon with when using Tor over VPN is the fact that it doesn’t protect you from mal-intentioned individuals running Tor’s exit nodes (the last relay before your traffic reaches its targeted site outside the Tor network). Remember, Tor nodes are run by volunteers and not everyone sticks to the rules. It is at the exit node that your traffic is decrypted, and so if it is run by a malicious individual, there is that possibility that your personal information is stolen or a malware is injected into your system.

You should also take note of the fact that the IP address of the Tor exit node is what will appear to be your IP address to your destination site, and there is a possibility that this is not trusted by the destination site and is therefore blocked (as is often the case with some of Tor’s exit nodes). There is nothing anyone, even Tor itself, can do about it.

There are VPN services with Tor over VPN capabilities already built into the system, so you need not use the Tor browser to surf the network. They will route you to the Tor network automatically. The list includes ‘NordVPN’ and ‘IPVanish’ which claims to be the best VPN for Tor. But just the same, what will still appear as your IP address to the destination site is that of the Tor exit node.

To summarize, here are the advantages and disadvantages of using Tor over VPN:

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