asking for the kind that vpn hides tor and not the other way

i have a framework with whonix in qubes using tor browser (real one i think not brave) and idk if im safe.

i want to use wifi in public (food places and schools) and be hard to spy on and not have anything blocked (videos are blocked). my home network is also phoning home because my family is using a google wireless access point (cant change it they dont like having internet down for more than 5 seconds)

would vpn and tor fix this? should i pick just one? or is there a better way? (all things have to be on device since you cant change someone elses network)

  • Anna@lemmy.ml
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    10 hours ago

    Just VPN is sufficient and don’t get fooled by a lot of VPN adverts. Almost all of the internet uses SSL so even if you directly connect to public WiFi no-one can just snoop on your passwords or anything else. The only thing they will be able to see is the website you are visiting. Same as your ISP whether it’s some telco, VPN, or Google.

    I can understand you not wanting to share which website you visit to google but if you are not careful Google will find out one way or the other. Even if you use VPN or Tor

    And as already mentioned never do Tor over VPN or VPN over Tor unless you know exactly what you are doing and what are the risk associated with them.

    If you are worried about state actors with compromised rootCA and DNS then Tor can help you there but if they are using this to spy on you then just bypassing it can also put you on a list