VPN owners: 97 VPN products run by 23 companies

Post by duxup » Sat, Jul 06, 2019, 3:02 AM UTC

Post by lighthazard » Sat, Jul 06, 2019, 3:41 AM UTC

oil25 wrote: post #3

duxup wrote: post #2

Nearly as disturbing as the number of people who tell me they use free VPNs. It is a bit mind boggling that folks are concerned about something and use a VPN...but choose a free one...

Yes, a more secure and practical alternative to "VPN services" is the Tor network, which externalizes the cost of infrastructure to volunteers and thus reduces the risk inherent with centralized control. While Tor is also not without risk, I really wish more privacy oriented services and software had decentralization as a core tenet of their design.

Post by secfirstmd » Sat, Jul 06, 2019, 3:59 AM UTC

duxup wrote: post #2

Nearly as disturbing as the number of people who tell me they use free VPNs. It is a bit mind boggling that folks are concerned about something and use a VPN...but choose a free one...

Post by metildaa » Sat, Jul 06, 2019, 5:32 AM UTC

lighthazard wrote: post #4

oil25 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, a more secure and practical alternative to "VPN services" is the Tor network, which externalizes the cost of infrastructure to volunteers and thus reduces the risk inherent with centralized control. While Tor is also not without risk, I really wish more privacy oriented services and software had decentralization as a core tenet of their design.

Tor has a terrible user experience though. You can't just browse without bandwidth woes.

Post by bhouston » Sat, Jul 06, 2019, 5:56 AM UTC

duxup wrote: post #2

Nearly as disturbing as the number of people who tell me they use free VPNs. It is a bit mind boggling that folks are concerned about something and use a VPN...but choose a free one...