It seems like what i2p is doing largely overlaps with what tor does. How do the two compare, and why would you use one over the other?

  • CAVOK@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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    1 year ago

    They do similar things, but while TOR seems geared towards surfing the regular web anonymously, I2P is more self contained.

    Some fairly good explanations here: https://www.cloudwards.net/i2p-vs-tor/

    Also, I don’t think you can torrent over TOR, but I’m not sure about that.

    • kylian0087@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      You can torrent over TOR but it is highly discouraged. because it will put a increased load on the network.

      • 0v0@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Also, unless a torrent client is specifically written with privacy in mind, they are likely to leak your real IP by connecting to trackers/peers using UDP, which is not tunneled through Tor.