Just to nitpick: a VPN gives you privacy, ie, no one can know what you are downloading without a search warrant to your VPN provider. TOR gives you anonymity, i

Just to nitpick: a VPN gives you privacy, ie, no one can know what you are downloading without a search warrant to your VPN provider. TOR gives you anonymity, ie, no one knows who you are, ever. Practicality and common sense aside, if you are downloading illegal stuff and you know it, then TOR is the right tool, not a VPN.