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submitted 1 year ago by waigl@lemmy.world to c/i2p@lemmy.world

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?

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[-] CAVOK@lemmy.world 1 points 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.world 1 points 1 year ago

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

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