Nostr Web Client

You can obfuscate your identity with Nostr or Lightning by taking proper precautions from the start and being very careful about them. Use of a VPN or tor, for instance, can make it more difficult to link your online activity to your real identity. But the average person installing an app on their phone and connecting to a relay or using a lightning wallet isn’t doing that, and the relay/node operator will know at least their IP. Still probably better than the host of information collected by IG/FB, as they typically have your contacts, location info, phone number, etc.

streetyogi 2y ago

You can use Tor over VPN:

- ISP can’t see you’re using Tor

- Tor entry node can’t see real IP

- Can access .onion sites

- ISP/VPN can’t see traffic

- Simple setup

- Can choose what traffic goes through Tor

- Destination can see you’re using Tor

- VPN can see real IP

- Can’t access sites that block Tor

- Compromised Tor exit node can see traffic

Or VPN over Tor:

- Websites can’t see you’re using Tor

- VPN can’t see real IP

- Can access sites that block Tor

- ISP/VPN can’t see traffic

- Compromised Tor exit nodes can’t see traffic

- ISP can see you’re using Tor

- Tor entry node can see real IP

- Can’t access .onion sites

- Complex to set up

- Can’t choose which traffic goes through Tor

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