Comment on Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing

daggermoon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  TOR Wikipedia page - explains the key concepts and gives a link to the website so you can download the Tor Browser.

  Tails (Amnesiac OS) Wikipedia page - If you want the real Fort Knox solution to browsing something or sending something without anyone finding out. It’s more of a process than downloading Tor Browser, but probably the most secure option possible for browsing the web.

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  • sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    How secure is something like Orbot? I like the idea of connecting to Tor while still using my preferred browser.

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    • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s a half-measure, kind of like using a VPN. The problem with using your preferred browser is that it’s not designed to prevent any identifying leaks, so you could be fingerprinted at basically any time and your efforts will have been for nothing. Also, if you’re using an insecure OS (like the version of android that comes preinstalled with your phone), that’ll prevent its effectiveness full stop.

      For situations like those, you aren’t really using Orbot (or any VPN-esque solution) for genuine privacy. Those tools are useful for Utility (circumventing region blocks, ISP filters, IP blocks, so on), and Plausible Deniability (Piracy, usually through torrenting). If what you seek falls into those two categories, good for you, but true privacy has to be achieves through something like Tails or a secure OS with Tor Browser, sorry.

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