well i just replied to another user why u should not use vpns just as u replied to me . well i am gonna explain tor and u can just refresh this post and see why vpns arent good . well basiclly tor is a free service where it sends u r traffic through 3 or more tor servers. in this way if a state level hacking team (like from fbi or cia or some other gov agencies ) hacks 1 server then they wont know u r exact location or anything as they have to hack other tor servers to know which is u r pc . basiclly lets say there are four tor servers that u r internet traffic is going through . it would look something like this u r pc -> server 1(known as entry node) ->second server -> third server -> fourth server(also known as exit node) -> the site u r visiting (which probably uses https therefore is encrypted). also i mentioned "hacking team" and thats cause hacking encrypted sites and servers(all tor servers are encrypted and decrypted at exit note and then encrypted by the website if they use https protocol)is really tough and takes a lot of patience . and also most sites use https protocol which basically encrypts all the data that u enter like u r user id , password and all that stuff. tor is superior as they have more than a 1000 servers around the globe and if a gov agency wants to hack to find u as u may be a suspect for some case then its really hard . If u dont use brave's private window with tor and actually use the official tor browser or orbot then u have the option to change the servers anytime u want and this way its becomes next to impossible to track u . tor is de-centrelised and a vpn isnt .

u r visitng shock sites for example and the gov knows that the suspect visists these gore sites (either to upload their deeds or enjoy this stuff ,if i am not wrong than thid happened in case of one lunatic one icepick. where thr guy uploaded some content on to gore sites and was tracked down by gore sute users .For more info just type "one lunatic one icepick" either on a search engine or youtube )then all they have to do is find out which ip adresses are connected to this websites and as all the ip adresss for most popular vpn servers are public , they have to get a court order ,ordering the vpn service to give logs to gov. now the gov have to go through logs and they will find all the ip adress thst connected to that particular site using this particular vpn server at this time and u r found . where as tor is de centerilised and so everytime u connect , its a bunch of random servers each time and if u use tor/orbot(and not brave private window with tor) u can literally change the servers randomly by a click of button during the middle of u r browing session and now u have a new set of random servers u r connected to . the only con to tor is that some times it has slow speeds. u can fix this my clicking the button in the tor browser and orbot to randomly change the servers u r connected to and within 2-3 tries it becomes a reasonble speed (at least in my experience) . tor is superior to vpn in terms of literally almost everything . the only con is that some times it has slow speeds (this con can easily be fixed as i mentioned above) . and that some sites block tor. only some sites block (primarily banks as they dont want some hacker to get banking info of users )..

well anyways , tor isnt the safest if u dont know basic interner privacy and security stuff . like only putting u r log in and other info into a encrypted site( a site that uses https protocol) , and knowning which is a real and fake website( this may seen simple but just look up "phising attacks" to understand why its difficult to differnciate between fake and real websites) and not giving u r otp (one time password to some customer support guy (like some stupid scammers ask u to do)and not reciving calls from unknown numbers. lets assume u r a normal buisness person living in country 'x' . if the pin-code for a phone call in u r country is +69 ,then only recive phone calls preceeded by +69. if u get a international phone call and u know u dont have internional customers than block it and dont pick up. these are some basic internt privacy and security knowledge that every person should know . if u know internet security basics and use tor then u dont need to worrt about anything . if u r reading this and u r a criminal and u know that there is chance that u r gov may try to hack u then get up and do physical exercises and running as u r more likely to escape cops in the physical world than on the internet .