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    What Do You Think About TOR?

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by insidemanpoker, Nov 19, 2012.

  1. insidemanpoker

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    insidemanpoker, Nov 19, 2012
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    I used TOR a while back and found it to be very slow and unreliable.
     
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    TOR is decent from my opinion. But I like VPN's better (HSS/OVPN/Cyberghost) since they're faster.

    But TOR is much more convenient since you can just put it in a flashdrive and run it almost anywhere.
     
    Mobius 1, Nov 19, 2012
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    VPNs aren't exactly trustworthy though- there have been cases where they immediately gave up on users when asked by law enforcement.
    TOR is far better in that respect although it is slower.
     
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    agreed, tor is better for privacy, vpn for convenience and country blocks. Tor is usually quite slow and unreliable. I have no real usage for Tor since I stopped financing revolutions ;-)
    silly word of advice - be careful/safe in there, it's a legal grey (more black than grey) zone, lots of dodgy people there...
     
    TheHansTheDampf, Nov 19, 2012
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