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askura
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Comment #40466144
Seeing as those that fall for online scams, hacks, and breaches tend to be the elderly - I hope the punishment is as severe as it can get.
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Comment #40466132
Which I hope they do, because they're scummy companies that shouldn't exist. But seeing as they do the people involved should be strung up
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Comment #40466121
Makes sense to be fair. People only think of personal quick gains over long term generational games as has been shown time and time again
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Comment #40466102
I would love it just as a screen for things like Slack or Discord as I'm on the move a lot :D
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Comment #37327951
https://twitter.com/windscribecom/status/1667177373534494729 Here's one bang on subject for example. The company that won the bid to formalise digital IDs donating directly to the …
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Comment #37327502
Cheers mate! Will see to them too :D
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Comment #37327483
Mullvad are absolutely the GOAT for most people so that's fair. If you need port forwarding or other fringe uses then not so much but you can't go wrong with how well they stick by…
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Comment #37327424
Nah some VPNs allow you to rent a "residential" I.P which is shared by 5-15 people tops. They're rarely caught up or get flagged. This was in 2021 however so can't comment on the e…
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Comment #37326113
Top right my guy, with the same treatment as others. There's 100% a difference between a billion dollar corporate owner vs indies. As well as the amount of spend that goes into aff…
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Comment #37325855
IVPN are studs of the industry, no doubt. Very serious folk working hard on sticking to their privacy principles - rare today for sure!
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Comment #37325835
I'm the author of the map and I'll get those updates on there now, the Mozilla node was actually hidden (as I need to update the corp info) and there's other corrections I'm making…
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Comment #37325758
Yeah I made the original map and the updated version, updating the suggestions from the thread now so if you have any by all means let me know and I'll add them. I made this while …
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Comment #37325126
Affiliate campaigns! So basically you'll see in review articles for everything a link with a ton of fluff and tracking in it. Say you want a new pair of headphones. You'll probably…
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Comment #37325024
I like the idea that their grandmother has a zero-trust relationship with them regarding tech lol
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Comment #37324988
It depends on what you're doing but the ones in green to the top right are independents but IVACY recently have suffered an issue. If you have issues with the corporate owners you …
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Comment #37324865
I used to find it worked here and there for me (Shanghai Telecom, 4/5G was OK. Home didn't work). Shadowsocks worked well for me but then got janky - ended up using a local VPN for…
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Comment #37324784
Always been a fan of the simple suggestion we just Nascar up these folks: https://honestgil.com/nascar
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Comment #37324218
An update to the 2022 VPN affiliate relationship map. A handy reference for who is owned by who - including their status or whether they're actually part of a bigger corporation. T…
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Comment #37237692
All the best to them. I was involved with a few Vice projects in 2011-2014 and it was honestly leadership that let them down. They have great talent but it's not easy in this day a…
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Comment #36694659
Honestly, it's going to be one of those things I champion now whenever it comes up in conversation haha. Very solid points.
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Comment #36683879
Yeah had the same issue as above but this does help clear it up
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Comment #36683817
This site does what it preaches but these seem a little off. Some of these I'd argue against but I'd also argue I'm not qualified to. Anyone care to chime in with their caveats to …
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Comment #36683791
With SEO it's entirely the case of Google being Google and just doing whatever they fancy. Core changes aren't often to the benefit of the scene these days. The little space that i…
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Comment #36683774
The only downside with DP is just devices that actually have that versus HDMI / Mini hdmi. This post though has made me annoyed as DP is clearly the better standard.