Voxel

TOR is mostly designed to run within the Tor Browser or specialized operating systems like Tails or Whonix. While it is possible to use Tor systemwide on a normal OS, it comes with many problems, such as slow connection speeds, very limited bandwidth, no split tunneling, and other technical network limitations. VPNs, in comparison, usually provide a better user experience, but privacy-wise, Tor is the superior tool.

*onion services

“Dark web” is a misleading collective term commonly causing confusion. The Tor Project themselve refer to .onion websites as onion services.

Depends. The update will likely be rolled out via Google Play system updates and not a usual Samsung One UI update. Disabling Google Play Services might also be enough to restore the functionality of installing (“sideloading” is a misleading term, making it seem like installing software from other sources is unusual, weird, and “shady”).

I also highly recommend against stopping OneUI system updates, since you will miss out on important Android security patches.

Yes, it doesn’t take you much research to find out that it is impossible to achieve anonymity only through a normal VPN service. The technology doesn’t allow for it.

Everyone who believes otherwise got deceived by cheap marketing lies from providers like NordVPN.

The company has gone with big profits in recent years through the sale of so-called VPN services, which make it possible to surf anonymously. In 2024, the company had a turnover of SEK 314 million.

Very incompetent author, includes misinformation.

”This is a donation from me personally”, he writes in an email to Flamman.

Why are you telling lies? Have you even read the article?

The title is misleading.

It’s spam by the same person across multiple accounts from the same blog.

Why do you make so many posts linking to the same website?

Best comment so far.

(…) as well as the server you’re reaching out to.

No, the server you reach out to sees the full traffic because that is the server your device is communicating with. It is only routed over the VPN, which acts as a middle person.

A VPN does not strictly hide your location. There is a lot of information that is shared with the websites you visit, e.g. your preferred language, timezone, etc.

A VPN can only change the IP-Address which also reveals information about your approximate location. In my case it is often times a city in another state, not very accurate.