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by throwaway7767 3806 days ago
No, traffic sent through tor is encrypted all the way to the exit node. From there, it's in the clear (how else would the data get to its destination on the open internet?)

VPNs are exactly the same. They're encrypted to your provider and cleartext from there. Except the VPN provider knows exactly who you are because they see the IP you're connecting to, in addition to the content. A tor exit node only sees the content, but does not know the source.

No matter how you're connecting, you need to ensure you are running encrypted protocols (SSH, https, ...) to protect against whoever relays your traffic. Tor, VPNs etc do not change this.