[tor-talk] VPN then Tor - is this safe?

[Bernard Tyers]

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Hi there,

Genuine question from someone today:

- - they use a VPN service (I think Witopio?)
- - they want to use Tor browser to surf safely

They asked can they "safely" use Tor through their VPN service. When
questioned they meant "will Tor give me enough protection to browse
the web anonymously".

My first answer was let me find out. My personal opinion was if they
connect to the VPN service *first* then connect to Tor it was safer
than doing it vice-versa. Correct/false?

Any helpful opinions welcome.

Bernard
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