From a7b9f28d49ce2da8afdf4717a8a7dbf6b42426b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tommy Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2022 08:13:33 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update Commercial VPN Use Cases.md Signed-off-by: Tommy --- content/knowledge/Commercial VPN Use Cases.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/knowledge/Commercial VPN Use Cases.md b/content/knowledge/Commercial VPN Use Cases.md index 7dc1045..353a653 100644 --- a/content/knowledge/Commercial VPN Use Cases.md +++ b/content/knowledge/Commercial VPN Use Cases.md @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ By using Tor over VPN, you are creating essentially adding an extra node in the ## What about VPN over Tor? -By using VPN over Tor, you are adding an extra node at the end of a circuit, which is always controlled by the same entity. If you pay for the VPN using the traditional banking system, it essentially breaks the anonymity that the three hops in front of it would provide. If you pay for the VPN subscription using cash or a private cryptocurrency like Monero, your privacy is reduced to that of pseudonymity, since the VPN provider still knows the connections being made are from the same individual, they just do not know who you really are. Even if you are using a free VPN, you would still break [Stream Isolation](https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Stream_Isolation), one of Tor's important anonymity features. There are very few use cases where it would make sense to add a VPN server at the end of the chain. +By using VPN over Tor, you are adding an extra node at the end of a circuit, which is always controlled by the same entity. If you pay for the VPN using the traditional banking system, it essentially breaks the anonymity that the three hops in front of it would provide. If you pay for the VPN subscription using cash or a private cryptocurrency like Monero, your privacy is reduced to that of pseudonymity, since the VPN provider still knows the connections being made are from the same individual, they just do not know who you really are. Even if you are using a free VPN, you would still break [Stream Isolation](https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Stream_Isolation), one of Tor's important anonymity features. There are very few use cases where it would make sense to add a VPN server at the end of the chain. ## What about VPN providers that provide Tor nodes?