I'm starting this post to hopefully draw the attention of the most knowledgeable of our members to settle concerns on this topic as it's become an active discussion on another thread:
VPN provider trustworthiness concerns aside, are (actual) VPN providers at any point able to decrypt or otherwise actively monitor/track Tor activity performed using their connections?
At any step in the VPN > Tor connection, is there a decryption/re-encryption of Tor traffic data, or do we simply have a VPN encrypted connection housing an additionally Tor-encrypted connection within it?
Thanks in advance to all with the wisdom and resources to fully settle this for any and all concerned.
Stay safe out there.
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