In my opinion yes as long as you have one that is actually trustworthy. Mullvad comes to mind since it famously got raided and was found by authorities to keep zero logs like they promised.
Tor developers disagree but I think this is from the ideology that “it isn’t illegal to use Tor!!” Which is correct but it absolutely does make you a target in any of the 14 eyes countries and beyond.
Don’t listen to the bad advice about combining VPNs with TOR. You are a thousand times more likely to fuck up your VPN configuration and make it vulnerable. Therefore you’re better off just sticking with TOR which has been very carefully thought through by a lot of very smart people for decades.
I agree privacy is a right.
The government definitely disagrees though. So yes you should be wary of rawdogging a Tor connection, unfortunately
So what’s the proper way? Tor plus VPN?
In my opinion yes as long as you have one that is actually trustworthy. Mullvad comes to mind since it famously got raided and was found by authorities to keep zero logs like they promised.
Tor developers disagree but I think this is from the ideology that “it isn’t illegal to use Tor!!” Which is correct but it absolutely does make you a target in any of the 14 eyes countries and beyond.
Don’t listen to the bad advice about combining VPNs with TOR. You are a thousand times more likely to fuck up your VPN configuration and make it vulnerable. Therefore you’re better off just sticking with TOR which has been very carefully thought through by a lot of very smart people for decades.