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RE: How-To: Install and use the Monero Wallet GUI anonymously over Tor inside Whonix Workstation
Couple questions: A) if one were to use a remote node, is a tor remote node necessary or even beneficial if you are already connecting through tor via whonix or will a normal remote node be effectively just as private? B) Does using whonix/tor negate the privacy risks involved with a potentially malicious remote node operator?
A) a Tor remote node is not necessary, clearnet nodes work too. But your privacy will be a little bit better when using a Tor node running as hidden service due to the fact that your requests won't leave the Tor network in this case.
B) The only difference using Whonix is that it will prevent your IP address from leaking (which is a great improvement in my opinion). For Monero remote node specific privacy risks (malicious node operator) nothing is different when using Whonix though.