in case TOR is compromised they see VPN’s IP, that might or might not be tied to me (money trail etc.), depends whether VPN logs this stuff. Let’s say it’s 50/50 chance.
Me → TOR
in case TOR is compromised they see my IP which is tied directly to me by ISP.
100% they get me.
Isn’t it easier to “break” local internet/ISP than a VPN company?
I just don’t understand how an attack would be made?
How is VPN a permanent entry guard if I can change IP everytime before connecting to TOR?
“A VPN is fully, 100%, a single point/entity that you must trust”
If not VPN then isn’t my ISP the only thing I can trust, which obviously I can’t because it’s directly tied to me?
You’re not really gaining or loosing anything. The main argument is that in general ISP and VPN providers can be subpoenaed to see who used this service.
VPN services can also be easily blocked, as their commercial IP addresses are accessible to anyone who figures out their company structure, if they even go that far (many don’t).
The primary advantage with Tor ia that all 3 nodes you connect through are anonymous and independent of whom 2 don’t know where it came from and first two don’t know where it’s going.
In case of VPN the provider know where it came from (your ISP, associated with your identity) and where it goes to, as well as most likely having your contact information with worst case your identity.
With tor the connection looks like:
You -> ISP -> Tor Node 1 -> Tor Node 2 -> Tor Node 3 -> Whatever you're visiting
Having an VPN just adds one point to the end or beginning, if at the beginning your ISP will still know you’re using a VPN, if at end VPN provider will know what a specific user visited.
Where as with Tor Node 1, it will only know it’s coming from you without knowing the content and going to Node 2.
And Tor Node 2 only knows it’s coming from Node 1 and is going to Node 3 without knowing the content.
And Tor Node 3 knows where the content is going, but only knows it’s coming from Node 2.
All 3 nodes can be in different jurisdictions and compromising all 3 of those is highly unlikely, unless tor itself has an underlying issue, but same applies to any VPN software that is usually a fancy wrapper for regular Foss VPN server and client applications.