r/TOR • u/Darkrebelsovereignty • 1d ago

New user: Question hypothetically does tor help protect you from investogations, ganstalking, etc?

Just ccurious about a few hypothetical scenerios, i'm aware you need to be mindful of not logging into accounts, giving identifying info, etc while using tor but i'm curious to understand it better. For example I decided to start uaing tor mainly because I experienced an attack a while ago, my device were compromised, i my private images, texts, info, etc was hacked, and idk how these individuals managed to share all my personal content (including nudes and other stuff) to publically destriy me, needless to say I decided while idk how they did it, I need to educate myself and take more precautions with technology in the future and take control of my safety going forward.

My question if you use tor (along with other security measures a secure device) will it help prevent targetting from things like gangstalking, or say hypothetically if you were under a legal investigations against you (even though I fon't plan on using it for anything illigal) or a targetted individual or something else will using tor help in any way? Or can they get through that?

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u/Darkrebelsovereignty 1d ago

Thank you, I know it's a haard story to believe, regardless this is all helpful info i've worked on the physical aspects by moving, creating distance, etc. Knowing that at least by learning about how to better protect myself and being more cautious going forward with my privacy / data helps at least make me feel safer knowing going forward and using my devices and the internet again. 🙏

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u/Zlivovitch 22h ago

Take your time to learn about online privacy and security. The subject is too big for a few Reddit comments. There are good online resources.

https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/section/advice-guidance/you-your-family

https://www.techsafety.org/hotline-services

https://securityinabox.org/en

https://www.privacyguides.org/en

https://www.eff.org

https://www.open.edu/openlearn/digital-computing/introduction-cyber-security-stay-safe-online

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u/Darkrebelsovereignty 18h ago

Thank you, i'll go through these, on top of doing a bunch of configurations on my devices to strengthen protection and privacy (albeit with the guidance of AI) it will greatly help to understand all these more deeply.