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Tor anonymity

The effectiveness and limitations of using Tor for anonymity, including the benefits and risks of layering additional tools and practices.

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Jan 12, 2026
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Does using a VPN or Tor stop ISPs from seeing sites visited with DuckDuckGo?

DuckDuckGo protects search privacy by not logging or tracking queries, but it does not, on its own, prevent an internet service provider (ISP) from seeing which sites or services a device connects to ...

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...

Jan 20, 2026

What additional tools or practices (VPNs, bridges, HTTPS) improve privacy when using Tor?

Tor is a powerful anonymity tool but not a magic bullet; layering additional tools and disciplined practices — selectively using trusted VPNs, Tor bridges and pluggable transports, end-to-end encrypti...

Jan 18, 2026

It is not possible to stay 100% anonymous over the internet?

Complete, 100% anonymity on the internet is effectively unattainable in practice: technical safeguards can dramatically reduce identifiability, but inevitable data trails, metadata, device identifiers...

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