# What is Tor really for?

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/what-is-tor-really-for/40871
**Category:** Questions
**Tags:** please-eli5
**Created:** 2026-09-20T17:46:25Z
**Posts:** 3

## Post 1 by @whatdoiputhere — 2026-09-20T17:46:25Z

i like privacy and psudemonymity. i hate fingerprinting with every fiber in my soul. i like having my sessions and accounts not be able to be linked to the same person. yes im mental look at my cool tin foil hat

i log into sites and i download things (piracy and whatever but im not downloading Pegasus on purpose) and i enable javascript even though it fingerprints because every site wants it

people say tor isnt for this. what is tor really for and is mullvad browser+vpn a good enough solution?

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## Post 2 by @maqp — 2026-09-20T17:55:06Z

> [@whatdoiputhere](#):
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> what is tor really for

It’s for browsing anonymously without your local banana dictatorship being able to tell what you’re accessing simply by compromising a single VPN provider / operating one as honeypot. But Roger Dingledine (a co-founder of Tor) is probably the best person to explain it in depth, in a way that’s beginner friendly:

> **[SINFO 31 - "Tor: Internet privacy in the age of big surveillance" by Roger...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evh9dfGd3eY)**
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> "Tor: Internet privacy in the age of big surveillance" by Roger Dingledine, Co-Founder and Original Developer of Tor.Roger's talk on April 19th at SINFO. To ...

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## Post 3 by @whatdoiputhere — 2026-09-20T18:13:17Z

thanks for the link :+1: