I'm going to go on a tangent if you don't mind. I was recently asked how to make an anonymous post to a local news organization where all they wanted to do was

I'm going to go on a tangent if you don't mind. I was recently asked how to make an anonymous post to a local news organization where all they wanted to do was hide their IP. I said if their only worry is the news organization then a VPN would be enough... Now that I'm reading your comment I'm having second thoughts whether it was right.