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Tor onion routing

Tor’s onion routing can conceal IP addresses and provide network anonymity

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Jan 17, 2026
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What legitimate uses of Tor and .onion services exist and how do operators distinguish them from illicit sites?

Tor and .onion services are privacy and anti-censorship technologies used by journalists, activists, whistleblowers, researchers, and ordinary users to host and access services without revealing serve...

Jan 21, 2026

Does using tor over vpn protect you from malitious exit nodes

Using a VPN before ("") does not reliably protect against malicious — the exit node still handles the final hop to the destination and can read or modify any unencrypted content (so is essential) . In...

Jan 18, 2026

How does OnionBalance change the attacker model for distributed ISP-level correlation, and what operational limits remain?

The recent SUMo flow-correlation work models a realistic, federated coalition of ISPs that can deanonymize Tor onion service sessions by distributing traffic-analysis workload across monitored vantage...

Jan 13, 2026

Best browser for privacy

For strict anonymity and the fewest third‑party fingerprints, the Tor Browser remains the top choice; for everyday users who want strong tracker blocking without major site breakage, Brave or a harden...

Jan 9, 2026

What forensic techniques are most effective at correlating activity for users of Tor, VPNs, or anti‑fingerprinting browsers?

The most effective forensic approaches to correlate activity from Tor, VPNs, or anti‑fingerprinting browsers are hybrid: network-traffic analysis (notably website‑fingerprinting and correlation attack...

Jan 8, 2026

How can I verify the legitimacy of an .onion site and avoid scams or malware?

Verifying an .onion site's legitimacy requires cross-checking addresses from multiple trusted channels, using Tor-specific tools (Onion-Location, PGP, status checkers) and hardening the client (Tor Br...