Okay, so I've been looking around at the benefits of using tor to access you vpn and vice versa. Here's what I've come up with:
VPN -> Tor
Pros:
- Hides Tor usages from isp
- Hides your activities from VPN logs (They only see that you're using tor)
Cons:
- If VPN does log, it's no better than using tor via ISP
- If VPN connection drops, and you are not using a kill switch, ISP will see tor usage
Tor -> VPN
Pros:
- More anonymous to VPN in case they keep logs
- Protects you from compromised Tor nodes
Cons:
- Show's ISP that you are using tor
- Can't access .onion sites
So, I was thinking that if you were to invest in two separate VPN accounts using bitcoin and some means to prevent tracing of payment you could then chain VPN to tor -> VPN -> Tor. Wouldn't this remove all cons?
If you looked at their privacy policy, checked all legal documents, and made absolutely sure that they keep absolutely 0 logs of data, Wouldn't this chain be optimal? The first VPN prevents your ISP from seeing that you are using tor, then tor encrypt your data to the second VPN, and finally the second vpn sends it's data to tor again so that we can access .onion sites.
Also, would it still be unwise to connect to social media sites and things of that sort? If so, why?
EDIT: I was thinking more about it and I suppose that if you had a VPN who you were sure kept absolutely zero logs then you could simply use tor to access .onion sites, but wouldn't that be the only point?
VPN-->TOR-->VPN-->TOR-->Destination
is same asVPN--->TOR-->Dest.
orVPN-->TOR-->VPN-->TOR-->VPN--->TOR-->Dest.
Am I missing something? In either way you can hide the fact of using Tor from your ISP and also access the .onion sites