

Even though it’s difficult to do, ISPs and government agencies can sometimes determine which sites you’re visiting through the Tor Browser.Or they might block Tor connections altogether, especially if Tor is censored in your country. Your ISP might throttle your bandwidth connection while you’re using Tor.But because it’s well-known that Tor is used for accessing the dark web, identifying Tor usage can raise suspicions. Without a VPN, your ISP can see you’re using Tor – even though they don’t know what you’re using Tor for.There are several reasons you need to use a VPN for surfing the dark web: If you know other Freenet users and only want to access the content they host on their nodes, you can choose the Connect Only to Friends (also known as closednet).Unfortunately, to browse most content using Freenet, you’ll need to use Connect to Any Freenet User (also known as opennet), which has low security.


Instead, you install the overlay network package, which then runs in your regular browser. Still, it’s important to note that Freenet doesn’t offer any dedicated overlay network apps. I strongly prefer using Tor instead of Freenet, but some of you might feel otherwise.
