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Tor Browser: what it does that a VPN cannot
Tor and a VPN are often set against each other. In fact they do different jobs.
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- 60 sfrom the bot to a working key
- 5devices on one key
- 6locations, two of them in the UK
- 0logs kept
- London9 ms
- Manchester14 ms
- Dublin19 ms
- Amsterdam16 ms
- Madrid34 ms
- New York78 ms
Every location runs VLESS over Reality, which reads as ordinary HTTPS on a filtered network.
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- No logs, no account
The difference in one paragraph
A VPN sends your traffic through one server run by one operator. Tor browser sends it through three relays run by volunteers, and each relay knows only its neighbours. No single party sees both who you are and what you are reading. That is a stronger kind of anonymity than any VPN can offer, since a VPN operator is a single point of trust by definition. The price is speed and convenience. If you were asking what is tor web browser actually for, the answer is anonymous reading and publishing. It is not for iPlayer, and it is not for online banking.
How the two compare
Is it legal in the UK?
Yes. Tor is lawful to download and to use here. The BBC even runs an official onion version of its news site, so that people in censored countries can reach it. What you do through Tor falls under the same laws as everything else you do online. Because UK providers can be required to keep connection records, the fact that you connected to the Tor network may be recorded, even though the contents are not.
Getting it safely
Using both together
If you connect the VPN first and then open Tor Browser, your provider sees an ordinary encrypted session and not a Tor connection. That also helps on networks that block Tor. The anonymity still comes from Tor. The VPN only changes what the first hop looks like from outside. With a Royal Key that means connecting the client and then opening Tor Browser, with no special settings. The reverse order, Tor first and a VPN after it, is fiddly to arrange and rarely worth the effort, so we do not describe it here.
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Open the Telegram bot and get your personal VLESS key in about 30 seconds.
- Your key arrives in Telegram within a minute
- No card, no email address, no ID checks
- Fits a client you may already have
- Covers five devices
Nothing is charged, and no plaque renews by itself.
The ledger
We keep no ledger of you, only of the key
Royal Key holds three things: a Telegram chat, the key sent to it and the date that key expires. No account sits behind them, so there is nothing for a log to attach to, and we never ask for a name, an email address or a phone number. It is a modest claim, and we prefer it to pretending that no jurisdiction could ever reach us.
- No account, email address or phone number
- No record of the sites you visit
- No connection times or IP addresses kept
- No card details: you pay inside Telegram
- No renewal and no charge you did not choose
At the counter
Asked at the counter
Am I allowed to use Tor in Britain?
Yes. Downloading and using it is lawful.
Tor or a VPN: which is safer?
For staying anonymous, Tor, because no single relay knows both ends. For everyday privacy on shared Wi-Fi, a VPN is the practical tool.
Why does every page crawl?
Your traffic is bounced between three volunteer machines, often on different continents.
Does BT or Sky know that I am using it?
They can tell that you connected to the Tor network, unless a VPN or a bridge comes first. They cannot see what you read.
Are my other apps protected?
No. Only what happens inside Tor Browser uses the Tor network.
Is there any point in running both?
Yes, if you want to hide Tor use from your provider, or want the rest of the device covered too.
Question not on the list?
The bot that cuts keys also answers questions. The setup section names the client to install.