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Tor and VPN use regulations

Regulations and restrictions on the use of Tor and VPNs in different countries, with varying levels of enforcement and penalties.

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Jan 15, 2026
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How much additional privacy does a VPN or Tor provide when used with private search engines like Brave Search or Startpage?

Using a private search engine like Brave Search or Startpage removes or limits search-provider logging and personalization, but does not by itself hide the network source of queries; adding a VPN mask...

Feb 5, 2026

How does Tor’s multi‑hop routing compare to a single VPN for resisting subpoenas or traffic analysis?

multi‑hop onion routing disperses trust across volunteer relays, making it inherently harder for a single legal subpoena to expose a user’s identity, but it remains vulnerable to traffic‑correlation a...