Wanna know about something cool? Tor i offers real untraceable anonymity and is 100% free.
Tor for me is unusable because of its speed.
Not enough exit nodes.
Obscura VPN – Privacy that's more than a promise
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Re: Obscura VPN – Privacy that's more than a promise
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thanks! that blog post had a thread here: Trust, 2-Party Relays, and QUIC - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43016574 - Feb 2025 (33 comments)
That blog needs some inline padding for mobile view.
It's insane to me that this even has to be pointed out with such a relatively simple page, and then I looked at the source; it screams "I'm gonna just bang something out in [popular framework] without knowing basic HTML/CSS and let the world suffer from my rot."
I hate modern web development.
Re: Obscura VPN – Privacy that's more than a promise
#43What happened if some government agency were to order both Obscura and Mullvad to log a certain user or certain activities? Wouldn't it be possible to combine those logs? If it isn't: would that change if Obscura was ordered to also use a separate Mullvad account for a specific user/IP?
Governments do not even need any of the providers to comply, they can access global NetFlow data. This is conveniently not discussed by any commercial VPN provider.
Re: Obscura VPN – Privacy that's more than a promise
#44They need to add a pricing page, no one expects to find pricing solely in the FAQ's.
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Re: Obscura VPN – Privacy that's more than a promise
#46The sole meaningful VPN is the one you host yourself to connect personal stuff around the world in a sole network. For privacy I2P etc performances are not enough for normal use, the rest is mere noise.
That's IMVHO the substance, not counting the fact that even a secure channel is meaningless if you run proprietary crapware at their end.
Re: Obscura VPN – Privacy that's more than a promise
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thanks! that blog post had a thread here: Trust, 2-Party Relays, and QUIC - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43016574 - Feb 2025 (33 comments)
That blog needs some inline padding for mobile view.
And it's not even that hard if the page is built in a sane way, which for the simplicity of the blog should be a no brainer to go for simplicity.
I have my blog hosted at omg.lol and while I had to support mobile by myself, it was really really simple.
Here is my blog: https://xd1.dev
Here is the code for the blog's responsive layout: https://github.com/gchamon/xd1.dev/blob/main/css/responsive-...
No injection, no build, just plain inline linking https://github.com/gchamon/xd1.dev/blob/10b98ddb37a9786ca8fe...
Re: Obscura VPN – Privacy that's more than a promise
#48Wanna know about something cool? Tor i offers real untraceable anonymity and is 100% free.
In many countries using Tor can get you in trouble.
Re: Obscura VPN – Privacy that's more than a promise
#49So tor with 2 hops?
Re: Obscura VPN – Privacy that's more than a promise
#50What happened if some government agency were to order both Obscura and Mullvad to log a certain user or certain activities? Wouldn't it be possible to combine those logs? If it isn't: would that change if Obscura was ordered to also use a separate Mullvad account for a specific user/IP?
Governments do not even need any of the providers to comply, they can access global NetFlow data. This is conveniently not discussed by any commercial VPN provider.
Okay, but this is a given if you don't run your own ISP. Your ISP can also see that you connect to Tor. Your data is still encrypted.