Combined the two FAQ entries; added a warning.
Matt Pagan

Matt Pagan commited on 2014-04-03 21:46:58
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     <li><a href="#RemotePhysicalDeviceFingerprinting">Does Tor resist
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     "remote physical device fingerprinting"?</a></li>
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     <li><a href="#IsTorLikeAVPN">Is Tor like a VPN?</a></li>
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-    <li><a href="#ShouldIUseTorWithAVPN">Should I use Tor with a VPN?</a></li>
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     <li><a href="#Proxychains">Aren't 10 proxies (proxychains) better than
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     Tor with only 3 hops?</a></li>
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     <li><a href="#AttacksOnOnionRouting">What attacks remain against onion
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     <h3><a class="anchor" href="#IsTorLikeAVPN">Is Tor like a VPN?</a></h3>
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     <p>
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-    Some people use Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) as a privacy solution.
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+    <b>Do not use a VPN as an <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/war-anonymous-british-spies-attacked-hackers-snowden-docs-show-n21361">anonymity solution</a>.</b> 
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+    If you're looking for a trusted entry into the Tor network, or if you want 
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+    to obscure the fact that you're using Tor, <a
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+    href="https://www.torproject.org/docs/bridges#RunningABridge">setting up
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+    a private server as a bridge</a> works quite well.
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+    </p>
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+    <p>
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     VPNs encrypt the traffic between the user and the VPN provider,
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     and they can act as a proxy between a user and an online destination.
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     However, VPNs have a single point of failure: the VPN provider.
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-    <a id="ShouldIUseTorWithAVPN"></a>
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-    <h3><a class="anchor" href="#ShouldIUseTorWithAVPN">Should I use Tor
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-    with a VPN?</a></h3>
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-    <p>
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-    This <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorPlusVPN">wiki
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-    page</a> discusses costs and benefits. However, if you're looking
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-    for a trusted entry into the Tor network, <a
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-    href="https://www.torproject.org/docs/bridges#RunningABridge">setting up
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-    a private Tor server as a bridge</a> is a great option.
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-    </p>
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-    <hr>
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     <a id="Proxychains"></a>
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     <h3><a class="anchor" href="#Proxychains">Aren't 10 proxies
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     (proxychains) better than Tor with only 3 hops?</a></h3>
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