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Tor Browser review

Tor Browser is not a VPN. It is the client for the Tor anonymity network, published by a US non-profit that does not sell a VPN service, so the register has no VPN record for it. What we could verify is below.

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Compiled from the vendor's own pages, auditors' reports and named news outlets, checked .

What we could verify

Checked 28 Sep 2026
Publisher
The Tor Project, Inc., a US 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 2006 in Massachusetts. source
Funding
The project says it has diverse funding sources; its sponsors page lists, among others, Sida (a Swedish government agency) and FUTO. source
Audits
Audited financial statements are published per fiscal year, through FY 2023-24. Independent code and security audits it links include Cure53 (March 2023, January 2024, July 2025), Radically Open Security (August 2023) and 7ASecurity (August 2024, October 2025). source
Not a VPN
Tor routes traffic through several volunteer relays, so plans, refund windows and logging claims do not apply. The Tor Project also lists a separate Tor VPN for Android, which is not covered here.

Sources