Is a VPN better than a proxy?

For most people, yes. A VPN encrypts all of your device's traffic and is much harder to leak; a proxy usually handles one application at a time and often without encryption. Proxies are lighter and fine for quick, low-stakes tasks; VPNs are the right default for privacy.

Does a VPN make you completely anonymous?

No. A VPN hides your IP address and encrypts the path to the VPN server, but the provider knows who you are and can see which server you connect to, and websites can still fingerprint your browser, cookies and behaviour. Anonymity requires much more — Tor is closer, and even it has caveats.

Can websites tell that I am using a VPN or proxy?

Often yes. Detection databases track IP addresses known to belong to VPN exit servers, proxies and Tor relays, and datacentre ranges stand out from residential ones. That is exactly what our proxy check reports: whether an address is flagged as VPN, proxy, Tor or hosting.

No. Using Tor is legal in the vast majority of countries and it is ordinary technology — journalists, researchers and ordinary users rely on it. What you do through it is subject to the same laws as anything else online.

VPN vs Proxy vs Tor: O le a le Eseesega?

E tutu uma le tolu i le va o oe ma le initaneti ma pasi lau fefaʻatauaʻiga mai se isi tuatusi - ae e matua ese lava i latou i mea latou te faʻailogaina, o latou tau ma o ai e mafai ona vaʻai i ai. O le fa'atusatusaga fa'amaoni lea.

O mea e tutusa uma ai i latou

O lau tuatusi IP e fa'ailoa ai lou feso'ota'iga i so'o se saite e te asia, ma fa'aalia ai lou nofoaga fa'atatau ma le kamupani. O sui, VPN ma Tor e tali uma i le manaʻoga tutusa - tu'u le saite e va'ai le tuatusi o se isi tagata nai lo lo'u - e ala i le tuʻuina atu o au fefaʻatauaiga e ala i se tagata faufautua. O fea e ese ai o le mea lea e tupu i au faʻamatalaga i luga o le ala, pe fia lau masini latou te ufiufi, ma o ai e faʻaogaina le faʻailoga.

Le sui: o se fa'ase'e faigofie

E maua e se sui server lau talosaga, lafo i le mea e alu i ai ona lava tuatusi, ma toe pasi atu le tali. O le togafiti atoa lena.

Ufiufi: e masani lava e tasi le talosaga i le taimi (se suʻesuʻega faʻapipiʻi ma se sui, mo se faʻataʻitaʻiga) - o le isi vaega o lau masini e faʻaaoga pea lau IP moni.
Fa'ailoga: e masani lava e leai. O se sui HTTP e le'i fa'ailogaina e natia lou tuatusi mai le saite ae le o lau fefa'ataua'iga mai so'o se tasi i luga o le ala.
Saosaoa: e masani lava vave - o le mea lea e lauiloa ai "proxies nofomau" mo le masini ma le solo.
Fa'atuatuaina: e va'aia e le sui fa'atonu lau feoaiga moni. O sui e leai se totogi o le sili ona leaga o mea uma: o oe o le oloa.

Le VPN: o se alalaupapa fa'ailoga

A Feso'ota'iga Tuma'oti fa'atupuina se alavai fa'ailoga mai lau masini atoa i se VPN server. O mea uma lava - su'esu'e, polokalama, auaunaga i tua - e alu atu i lena alavai o lo'o i ai le tuatusi o le server.

Ufiufi: le masini atoa, talosaga uma, i taimi uma.
Fa'ailoga: malosi (WireGuard, OpenVPN, IPsec) - o lau ISP e vaʻaia naʻo se fesoʻotaʻiga opaque i le VPN.
Saosaoa: latalata i laina-fua i luga o kamupani lelei; e la'ititi le fa'ailoga i luga o masini fa'aonaponei.
Fa'atuatuaina: e suitulaga e le kamupani VPN lau ISP e avea ma pati e mafai ona vaʻaia au metadata fefaʻatauaiga. Filifili se tasi e iai su'etusi tuto'atasi ma se faiga fa'avae e leai ni ogalaau e mafai ona e faitauina.

Tor: tolu hops ma le motu o tagata

Tor (O le Onion Router) e fa'atautaia lau fe'avea'i e ala i ta'avale volenitia e tolu, afifi i fa'ailoga fa'ailoga e pei o se aniani: e iloa e le pona ulufale po'o ai oe ae le o le mea e te alu i ai, e iloa e le pona e ulufafo le mea e alu i ai ae le o oe, ma e leai se pona e tasi e iloa uma. E fefiloi feoaiga ma le faitau afe o isi tagata faaaoga, o le puipuiga moni lea a Tor.

Ufiufi: le ta'avale a le Tor Browser (po'o polokalame fa'atulagaina) - e le o lau masini atoa e ala i le faaletonu.
Fa'ailoga: fa'apipi'i pito i tua i totonu o le feso'ota'iga; e le'i fa'ailogaina pea le felauaiga i fafo i nofoaga manino-HTTP.
Saosaoa: iloagofie lemu - o le tau o le tolu hops ma tumutumu.
Fa'atuatuaina: e leai se tasi e fa'afoeina, ae o nodes o fafo o ni volenitia; aua ne'i lafo upu fa'aulu i luga ole HTTP manino ile Tor.

Fa'atusatusaga fa'atasi

Fa'aaliga	Sui sui	VPN	Tor
Ufiufi	Tasi le app, masani	Masini atoa	Tor Browser / faʻatulagaina polokalame
Fa'ailoga	E masani lava e leai	Ioe, tunnel atoa	Ioe, fa'avasega
Saosaoa	Anapogi	Anapogi	Lemu
Hops	1	1	3+
E va'ai e le fa'afoe lau feoaiga	Ioe	Tuuina atu (leai ni ogalaau lelei)	Leai se node tasi
E faigofie ona iloa e nofoaga	Tele	E masani lava	I taimi uma (lisi fa'asalalau lautele)
Fa'aoga masani	Galuega vave, geo-spoofing ile app	Fa'alilolilo i aso uma, Wi-Fi lautele	Le fa'ailoaina maualuga

Fa'afefea ona iloa e upegatafa'ilagi nei mea uma

E iloa tuatusi fa'asalalau: O le lisi o fafo a Tor e fa'alaua'itele, sui ma VPN fa'ai'uga e fa'avasegaina e ala i fa'amaumauga fa'amaumauga, ma e ese le amio a nofoaga talimalo mai feso'ota'iga ile fale (leai se meli, fa'asologa o feoaiga). E faapena le Su'ega Proxy & VPN e mafai ona taʻu atu ia te oe, i le kiliki e tasi, pe o se tuatusi o loʻo faʻailogaina o VPN, sui, Tor exit poʻo datacentre - ma pe o le a le foliga o lona sikoa faʻalavelave lata mai.

Mo le aufaipisinisi, o le su'esu'ega lea, ae le o le fa'amasinoga: e fu'a e 'au tau fa'a'ole'ole le ta'u igoa aua e fetaui lelei ma le fa'aleagaina. Mo tagata fa'aoga, o lona uiga o le VPN o se mea faigaluega fa'alilolilo, ae le o se 'ofu fa'alilolilo - fa'amoemoe le CAPTCHA pe poloka le vaitafe.

Fa'amaonia lau seti: fa'aola lau VPN, ona fa'asolo lea o lona tuatusi ile siaki sui. Afai e vaʻaia e le meafaigaluega se VPN, e mafai foi i luga o upega tafaʻilagi e te asia - o le mea lena.

Aoao atili

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FAQ

VPN, sui ma Tor fesili

E sili atu le VPN nai lo le sui?

Mo le tele o tagata, ioe. O le VPN e fa'aigoaina uma fefa'ataua'iga a lau masini ma e sili atu ona faigata ona ta'e; o se sui e masani ona taulimaina le talosaga e tasi i le taimi ma e masani lava e aunoa ma se faʻailoga. O sui e mama ma lelei mo galuega vave ma maualalo; VPNs o le sa'o fa'aletonu mo le le faalauaiteleina.

E fa'ailoaina e le VPN oe?

Leai. O le VPN e natia lau tuatusi IP ma fa'ailogaina le ala i le VPN server, ae e iloa e le kamupani o ai oe ma e mafai ona va'ai po'o fea server e te fa'afeso'ota'i i ai, ma o upega tafa'ilagi e mafai lava ona lolomi lau su'esu'ega, kuki ma amioga. E manaʻomia tele le le taʻua - Tor e latalata, ma e iai foʻi faʻamatalaga.

E mafai e upega tafa'ilagi ona ta'u mai o lo'o ou fa'aogaina se VPN po'o se sui?

E masani lava ioe. O fa'amaumauga o su'esu'ega o lo'o va'aia ai tuatusi IP o lo'o iloa e patino i sa'u VPN e alu ese ai, sui fa'atasi ma feso'ota'iga Tor, ma fa'amaumauga o fa'amaumauga e tu ese mai nofoaga e nonofo ai. O le mea tonu lava lena o loʻo lipotia mai e le matou suʻega sui: pe faʻailogaina se tuatusi o VPN, sui, Tor poʻo le talimalo.

E faasolitulafono ea Tor?

Leai. O le faʻaaogaina o Tor e faʻatulafonoina i le tele o atunuʻu ma o se tekinolosi masani - tusitala, tagata suʻesuʻe ma tagata masani e faʻalagolago i ai. O mea e te faia e ala i ai e noatia i tulafono tutusa ma soʻo se mea i luga ole laiga.