~In fact VPN is much safer in that aspect and if you are too scared about it you can use both TOR and VPN in tandem which will give you a much higher privacy.
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I agree about TOR needing good amount of users to obfuscate your location, but then which VPN do u suggest?
If you are going to use VPN it may cause you a problem in the future the same as what happened to other traders before who use VPN and now suffer from verification or make their account freeze.
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Very valid suggestion, especially if you are on betting sites. They observe these things very carefully.