VPN browser

sajolida
2025-12-08T16:17:28Z

Goals

Primary goals

Video calls

Access websites that block Tor (e.g. government and banking websites, WhatsApp web, social media, etc.)

Secondary goals

Choose the exit country

Browse the web faster than with Tor

Can pay for quality of service e.g. higher web browsing speed

Summary

We want another browser in Tails, that uses a VPN instead of Tor. The rest of the Tails would keep using Tor only. This is essentially what Tor VPN is doing ("split tunneling", i.e. Tor by default, with some possible exceptions).

User & technical research

The research we did so far is in 2 documents:

Blueprint

user research: https://nc.torproject.net/apps/files/files/731566?dir=/UX%20Team/User%20Research/Unsponsored/2023-08%20Tails%20communication%20tools&openfile=true

Fundraising

https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/operations/proposals/-/issues/147

Planning

In 2026 we plan to implement either this feature or Signal support.