What are the weaknesses of each of these and which do you think is better? I'm more curious because I have used both, but I don't necessarily know the technical aspect of it and am curious.
VPN and Tor or Tails?
What are the weaknesses of each of these and which do you think is better? I'm more curious because I have used both, but I don't necessarily know the technical aspect of it and am curious.
[5 Points] galaxyandspace:
[2 Points] HappyShibe-:
[2 Points] None:
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Lets get this strait: Tor and TAILS are for anonymity. VPNs are for privacy.
Neither is better then the other, as they are for two very different tasks.
Weaknesses of all: zero day attacks, hacking, and malicious code.
Tor: Most academic researched anonymity solution. Developed by the US government. Users can be spied on by exit nodes.
TAILS: an end user anonymity solution. Powerful, yet simple to use, and hard to fuck up. Based on Debian. Lots of code, could have backdoors.
VPN: run by a company. Each has different data retention policies. Can't put too much trust in them.