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Re: Free VPN integrated in Opera for better online privacy

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Post by Arnt »

chris_wot wrote: post #59
Arnt wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What you need is a friend abroad and a raspberry pi. I have a raspberry pi attached to the wall of a home which is not my own. It's in a country where I occasionally want to be (in a geoip sense of "be"). The rpi maintains a VPN connection to me, so I can reach it even though it's behind a NAT middlebox that knows nothing about it.

You realise that you could have just given HN a new startup? I'd gladly pay someone to access a portion of their bandwidth - at least enough that I could stream content.

That's great.

Potential founders should consider the costs of providing tech support for a tunnel that crosses two NATboxes, both controlled by strangers.

Re: Free VPN integrated in Opera for better online privacy

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Post by zo1 »

Some terms from the SurfEasy, Inc company, which is the VPN provider for this service[0]:

SurfEasy does not store users originating IP address when connected to our service and therefore cannot identify users when provided IP addresses of our servers. Additionally, SurfEasy cannot disclose information about the applications, services or websites our users consume while connected to our services; as SurfEasy does not store this information.

However, further down, you have this:

SurfEasy is required to comply with law enforcement where subpoenas, warrants or other legal documents have been provided. We may collect and disclose personal information, including your usage data, to governmental authorities or agencies, including law enforcement agencies, at their request or pursuant to a court order, subpoena or other legal process, if there is a good faith belief that such collection or disclosure is required by law.

At this point I'm not quite sure what to make of the above two combined together.

[0]: https://www.surfeasy.com/privacy_policy/

Re: Free VPN integrated in Opera for better online privacy

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Post by mikeokner »

marcosscriven wrote: post #41

Doesn't this just move trust from your ISP to whomever runs the VPN?

Yes, but if you live somewhere that definitely surveils your communications or prevents you from accessing certain content, a VPN is a good way to browse as though you were physically located somewhere more permissive.

Re: Free VPN integrated in Opera for better online privacy

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Post by mtgx »

a_imho wrote: post #20

Couple with native adblocking I'm very tempted to switch browsers (from FF) and probably do so when available. But it just sounds too good, what is the catch?

Yeah, it's becoming more and more interesting. What would kill my interest is if it ends up being bought by a Chinese company, though.

Re: Free VPN integrated in Opera for better online privacy

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Post by cr1895 »

Arnt wrote: post #18
ChicagoBoy11 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How do they detect that you are using a VPN?

They have a list of VPN providers. Probably they also have some heuristics that look closely at people who geoip in a different country than their billing records, and whose IP address seems to be in a colo rather than a DSL subscriber block.

>Probably they also have some heuristics that look closely at people who geoip in a different country than their billing records

I have paid for American Netflix for years and years but I'm forced now to watch Dutch Netflix because I live there. It's not based on where you pay but where you are.

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