• MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    OpenVPN -> I2P.

    I2P has been around for 20 years, it is plenty battle-tested. I do not see why you’re wanting to put down I2P in favor of TOR, I still do not see how I2P is in anyway inferior in its privacy (and for the most part, anonymity) features compared to TOR. The OpenVPN addition solves your need for something akin to snowflake/TOR bridges. It is not what I2P was meant for but there’s a way if you want to use it.

    If your complaint is about I2P needing some configuration and time to use properly; that’s a trade-off the end-user needs to decide. This doesn’t have any effect on its features regarding anonymity in the I2P network. Please give me technical reasons why you think TOR can preserve your anonymity better on the TOR network than I2P can do so on its network (I have arguments in favor of I2P that I would like TOR to implement but I don’t think they can)

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      7 days ago

      I2p states on there website that it has potentially serious weaknesses. Also i2p has been victim to multiple attacks that shutdown the network. Furthermore, i2p DNS lacks something to be desired and finding pages can be challenging. In comparison Tor is much easier to use and requires little bandwidth. I can browse the internet but I can also access onion addresses. To say i2p is somehow a replacement for Tor is not true as i2p is considerably more complex. I use both Tor and i2p and Tor is easier to use by far. I2p has the advantage to being properly decentralized and supporting way more configuration options.

      Both have there strengths and weaknesses. However, if you are in a critical situation use Tor not i2p as today it is the best for bypassing censorship while still trying to stay safe.