# Why Tor for Bypassing Censorship?

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/why-tor-for-bypassing-censorship/39013
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**Created:** 2026-07-05T21:31:25Z
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## Post 2 by @zoooom — 2026-07-05T22:54:56Z

From my understanding, “bypassing censorship” also applies to ordinary people rather than political activists. If you are being hunted down by an authoritarian government on a scale where compromised Tor nodes matter to you, I believe you already know what you’re doing for the most part, or you already have bigger issues to deal with. I would also argue that Tor is still more accessible for someone who tries to access information from a highly restrictive country. My reasoning is: if you are living in a country (where vpns are likely blocked), you are probably out of funds for getting a paid (and maybe working) VPN. In this case, Tor is a very usable tool solely for its bridges for example, for accessing Wikipedia and mainly text based sources, etc.

I think it is best not to assume everyone needs Snowden level privacy. Sometimes a working tool is better than an ideal one that isn’t available.

> [@levobe2624](#):
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> I am too lazy to link the articles here, but it is widely known that TOR can be compromised by malicious exit nodes (which I guarantee that the NSA has already done).

Also, in order for this to be harmful, there needs to be a certain amount of nodes being compromised. I have found [this](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/how-probable-a-3-compromised-tor-relays/31104) discussion on the forum regarding to that matter.

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