Obfuscation vs Encryption
Encryption hides what you said. Obfuscation hides that you said it. Two independent axes with different failure modes, and most protocols carry only one.
Honest technical comparison of two or more technologies, approaches or threat models.
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Encryption hides what you said. Obfuscation hides that you said it. Two independent axes with different failure modes, and most protocols carry only one.
A proxy hides one connection, a VPN hides your whole route, and Tor hides who you are. Where each one wins, what each one costs, and how they differ.