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Anyone else missed the "why" part and only read about "what" and "how"? I read most of the article, but the only thing it says on the matter is that it encrypts your internet connection. This might be true, but what use is that? Why would I want to do that? That question is not answered. Or whynot use Tor instead?
It's all very well saying a VPN services keep your communications secure, encrypted and away from the prying eyes of your ISP - but why would you trust a VPN provider more than an ISP? These consumer-oriented VPN services marketing to bittorrent users seem kind of sketchy to me.
Don't trust them. Just rent a cheap VM instance and setup your own VPN. OpenVPN is all you need and then you're good to go.
For using bit torrent or other file sharing in a private, anonymous session, I would use I2P. In fact, they welcome it.
I'm not sure why a lot people put VPN's up on a pedestal. VPN's are useful for other things but I wouldn't rely on them for 100% or even 90% privacy against a foe that _really_ wants to know who you are.
I2P, my friends.
It really needs to be VPN, plus separate browser, plus separate browser fingerprint, plus proper failover.
But that is much harder to sell/explain to users than something you just pay $6 a month for and forget about
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Simple, pay with bitcoin. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Trade#Connectivity
Sounds like you have never tried. Buying bitcoins anonymously is very difficult due to money laundering laws. Spending them anonymously is not "simple" either. Your best bet would be to mine them yourself and then pay over a public wifi with a throw-away laptop. But really, cash in an envelope is less error-prone. Just don't leave your DNA-sample on it.
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"Theory of Operation It's like a VPN, since it can forward every port on an entire network, not just ports you specify. Conveniently, it lets you use the "real" IP addresses of each host rather than faking port numbers on localhost. On the other hand, the way it works is more like ssh port forwarding than a VPN. Normally, a VPN forwards your data one packet at a time, and doesn't care about individual connections; ie…
Don't most modern VPNs use UDP as the VPN wrapper? That way it's the application's job to ensure connections are made and packets sent properly.
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It should be noted that PPTP does have some serious vulnerabilities ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point-to-Point_Tunneling_Protoc... ) and should probably be avoided if security is your primary concern.
True but it's much easier to set up on server side as well as client side. I mainly use VPN to get around firewall of China so security isn't really an issue for me.
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And a seedbox would work just as well for this purpose, and will result in much higher upload/download speeds and, in the case of private trackers, save you the costs of owning/running a PC on 24/7 to seed back your downloads.
mmm. amazon micro free tier and rtorrent.
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It should be noted that PPTP does have some serious vulnerabilities ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point-to-Point_Tunneling_Protoc... ) and should probably be avoided if security is your primary concern.
True but it's much easier to set up on server side as well as client side. I mainly use VPN to get around firewall of China so security isn't really an issue for me.