[metrics-team] Tor metrics and VPNs

[Iain Learmonth]

Hi,

On 08/02/2019 20:03, Moore, Kathleen A - moore8ka wrote:
> Does the use of a VPN skew the metrics Tor provides. For example, if I
> use a VPN, set my country of origin to France, and then launch Tor, are
> the metrics able to correctly ascertain my country of origin?

We use GeoIP databases, so yes, if you use a VPN and then connect to Tor
then your first relay would see you as connecting from the VPN server.
The VPN provider would know your true location.

Thanks,
Iain.

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