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corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

You probably don't need a VPN

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You probably don't need a VPN

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corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago
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Virtual Private Networks, or VPNs, are popular services for (supposedly) increasing your security and privacy on the internet. They are often marketed as all-encompassing security tools, and something that you absolutely need to keep hackers at bay. However, many of the selling points for VPNs are exaggerated or just outright
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    Clearly whoever wrote this has not tried torrenting popular content 🤨

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      Just use any old proxy either paid for in cash in the mail, or in a country that absolutely won’t cooperate with yours legally when you need it.

      Your VPN will absolutely fold under the slightest legal pressure.

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        Some of them don’t even log the data required to cooperate with requests. Mullvad is one.

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          IVPN is another

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