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Re: Detailed VPN Comparison Chart

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Post by noja »

ryanlol wrote: post #9
noja wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can see you complaining, very strongly, but wouldn't it be better provide some kind of constructive feedback.

I guess you replied to the wrong post, I made a rather explicit recommendation. >you're a dick if you even kind-of imply that VPNs might be good for privacy without immediately providing a strong disclaimer: if it matters, they aren't. This website reads like it's written by an amateur from some torrenting subreddit, there's not much constructive feedback to be given here besides "do some actual research and do it al…

Have you done some research? Can you tell us what you recommend?

Re: Detailed VPN Comparison Chart

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Post by antihero »

ryanlol wrote: post #5
photoGrant wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's your advice?

If privacy is the concern? Tor.

Sure, but for day to day browsing, Tor is shit. This is more to prevent dragnet bullshit like the UK RIPA which requires ISPs to keep a list of sites visited.

Re: Detailed VPN Comparison Chart

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Post by pc86 »

noja wrote: post #6
ryanlol wrote: post #2

This is terrible. Whoever "That One Privacy Guy" is, should really consider not being a dick and stop pushing VPNs as a privacy tool. And yes, you're a dick if you even kind-of imply that VPNs might be good for privacy without immediately providing a strong disclaimer: if it matters, they aren't. Edit: Oh wow, it's worse than I expected. Check out https://thatoneprivacysite.net/choosing-the-best-vpn-for-you... The va…

I can see you complaining, very strongly, but wouldn't it be better provide some kind of constructive feedback.

If the feedback "this is utter garbage" I'm not sure there is any constructive feedback.

Sometimes you just need to say something is garbage and move on.

Re: Detailed VPN Comparison Chart

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Post by ryanlol »

noja wrote: post #11
ryanlol wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guess you replied to the wrong post, I made a rather explicit recommendation. >you're a dick if you even kind-of imply that VPNs might be good for privacy without immediately providing a strong disclaimer: if it matters, they aren't. This website reads like it's written by an amateur from some torrenting subreddit, there's not much constructive feedback to be given here besides "do some actual research and do it al…

Have you done some research? Can you tell us what you recommend?

>Have you done some research?

Yes.

>Can you tell us what you recommend?

For privacy? Tor.

Re: Detailed VPN Comparison Chart

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Post by ryanlol »

antihero wrote: post #13
ryanlol wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If privacy is the concern? Tor.

Sure, but for day to day browsing, Tor is shit. This is more to prevent dragnet bullshit like the UK RIPA which requires ISPs to keep a list of sites visited.

>Sure, but for day to day browsing, Tor is shit.

Sure, but for privacy, VPNs are shit. You can't recommend VPNs for privacy.

If this was branded differently, I'm sure it could be a great resource.

>This is more to prevent dragnet bullshit like the UK RIPA which requires ISPs to keep a list of sites visited.

The site doesn't really read like that, it has several suggestions that don't seem to apply to those seeking only for minimal levels of privacy to maybe hide from the local government.

As a quick example:

>Avoid VPNs that use CloudFlare, Incapsula, and other such services.

Doesn't seem like a major concern for someone only worried about UK RIPA.

Re: Detailed VPN Comparison Chart

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Post by michaelt »

If I was the NSA, I'd certainly be looking to launch a VPN company or two - maybe even subsidising their offerings, to get them to the top of the performance and value for money charts.

After all, getting users to voluntarily direct their traffic through your network would be much easier than installing snooping hardware at every ISP, backdooring hardware in transit or snooping on undersea cables.

Re: Detailed VPN Comparison Chart

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Post by AlexCoventry »

ryanlol wrote: post #5
photoGrant wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's your advice?

If privacy is the concern? Tor.

It really depends on your values and threat model. With a few thousand dollars and few weeks it wouldn't be that hard to flood the Tor network with enough of your own nodes to capture the routes of an appreciable fraction of traffic. It would be extraordinary to me if the NSA hadn't already done this.
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