I think this is a great idea, in part because it makes it super easy for the less technically minded to secure their public internet traffic. It also brings VPNs and network security discussion more into the public eye.
Free VPN integrated in Opera for better online privacy
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Re: Free VPN integrated in Opera for better online privacy
#112How does the Chromium Opera compare to Chrome?
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#113With the VPN enabled, I am able to resolve local network computer names and domains that reside in my work's local DNS only?
How is this resolution working?
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#114The performance is quite bad at the moment. It takes 5-7 seconds to load google.com using either the Germany or US location - from Sweden...
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#115Earlier 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.
I am running a VPN on my own server to access content, and the server is on the same timezone.
I stopped my Netflix subscription a month ago because they started blocking me.
I would say the IP checking against datacenter block is the most plausible, but I also remember seeing a link on HN showing how to detect VPN usage through MTU size, so that could be a possibly more involved solution ... It would probably be way too much work to implement on top of their infrastructure though, when IP block checking must be good enough.
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#116Since Opera is now owned by China, I'd really think twice before using it.
That scares me. The last program I used that was Chinese was the QQ messenger.
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#117There are too many reasons to keep VPN separate from a browser to list here.
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#118Earlier 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.
A danger is that stranger will abuse your connection to send spam or even worse things. And you might have a visit from police. Also, I'm sure, reselling your home connection is forbidden by your provider. So it's kind of grey zone.
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#119Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think this assumption is true of every VPN provider: If the courts or intelligence services tell them to capture a username's data, or access to specific websites from all users, they will do it. If the choice is between keep quiet and do it, or potentially get shutdown or arrested, you have to assume that almost everyone will do as they are told.
Is that a fair assumption? I guess at that point you are simply biding time because if it ever comes out or there is even just a suspicion that you are lying your business is dead as word spreads across the internet
As word spreads across the internet that... what? That you comply with the law?
Isn't it worse if word gets out that you deliberately evade legal compliance frameworks? When a bank is found to be skirting regulations around money laundering, the reaction is not typically 'good on them, standing up for our rights against the man!'.
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#120Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is that a fair assumption? I guess at that point you are simply biding time because if it ever comes out or there is even just a suspicion that you are lying your business is dead as word spreads across the internet
As word spreads across the internet that... what? That you comply with the law? Isn't it worse if word gets out that you deliberately evade legal compliance frameworks? When a bank is found to be skirting regulations around money laundering, the reaction is not typically 'good on them, standing up for our rights against the man!'.
If all your customers are criminals, then yes, your reputation hinges on not complying (or not yet having to comply) with the law.