It all depends against who or what and how you configure it really
Agreed that against some American government agency this is usually explosive mixture which could blow on your face if you do it.
If you configure it properly and you pay with cryptocurrencies launded in tor network (well but money laundering is considered illegal) then some dangers can be migrated - some still not.
It is still not "silver bullet" but neither tor or vpn alone are.
It all depends against who or what and how you configure it really
Agreed that against some American government agency this is usually explosive mixture which could blow on your face if you do it.
If you configure it properly and you pay with cryptocurrencies launded in tor network (well but money laundering is considered illegal) then some dangers can be migrated - some still not.
It is still not "silver bullet" but neither tor or vpn alone are.