Comment on Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoHow secure is something like Orbot? I like the idea of connecting to Tor while still using my preferred browser.
Comment on Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoHow secure is something like Orbot? I like the idea of connecting to Tor while still using my preferred browser.
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.