How does a tor extension to a web browser differ from VPN?
<p>I am trying to understand <code>tor</code> and Im confused about one thing. If one modifies a conventional web browser to use <code>tor</code>, does this give access to <code>.onion</code> websites? Seems that the browser would still not be able to resolve the <code>.onion</code> domain suffix. If true, then what is the purpose of trying to add the <code>tor</code> feature to a conventional web browser? If only for anonymity, then how does this differ from using a <code>VPN</code>?</p>