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If I use VPN, my isp will see that I send and receive gibblish to and from a single address (the vpn server), all over port 443, right?
If I use TOR, what does my ISP see?
Itll go over a different port depending on the vpn protocol (i recommend wireguard). So the isp will know it's vpn gibberish, but there are ways to tunnel the ciphertext through https again (like wstunnel). A bit overkill for your setup but comes in handy if you need to break through firewalls (if you are in china and wireguard ports are blocked but 443 is allowed)
If you use tor, your isp sees tor traffic (gibberish) but tor also supports obfuscation to make it look like http. All you need to use tor is tor browser (mobile apps exist too) so try it out... It's free but you will see the limitations I mentioned.