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Young File-Sharers Respond To Tough Laws By Buying A VPN

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Re: Young File-Sharers Respond To Tough Laws By Buying A VPN

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Post by supercanuck »

furyg3 wrote: post #15

I feel pretty double about VPN as a solution for masking my online activities. My reasons for using a VPN break down into these (related) categories: 1. Security. I don't trust this network at all, such as unsecured wifi in coffeeshop. 2. Access. This network has draconian restrictions I need to get around, such as corporate proxy servers or country firewalls. 3. Privacy. It's none of this network's business what I'm…

Any recommendations on VPN Providers?

EDIT: I saw this further down: https://www.getcloak.com

Re: Young File-Sharers Respond To Tough Laws By Buying A VPN

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Post by hedgehog »

losvedir wrote: post #13

I've been using my Linode as a VPN lately since I do a lot of work in coffee shops and it works great. More recently I've been using it here in Bahrain to access sites that are blocked by the government (innocent ones that come up on HN, dunno why they're blocked), and US-only sites like Pandora. However, Linode is kind of expensive for this purpose only (I also host my small website on it, though), and have been loo…

https://www.getcloak.com/

Re: Young File-Sharers Respond To Tough Laws By Buying A VPN

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Post by icebraining »

roel_v wrote: post #26
lucian1900 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Pirates" usually aren't unwilling to pay, but unwilling to pay for an inferior product.

Well they still watch/use/listen to the "inferior" product, so if it's worth watching/using/listening to, why is it not worth paying for? Or should people be able to set their own prices on what they get?

They do pay for them: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/apr/21/study-finds-pira...

Don't buy into the RIAA/MPAA lies. Piracy is not just about getting stuff for free.

Re: Young File-Sharers Respond To Tough Laws By Buying A VPN

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Post by icebraining »

bmelton wrote: post #16

I suppose what's interesting about this to me is that the pirates are presumably paying for VPN service? Which means that I guess we've figured out the threshold where they are and aren't willing to pay for things -- to keep out of jail. I should launch a Piracy as a Service app. Each month, you send me $100, and I will send you back copies of hot movies of varying quality, but all perfectly legal. You stay out of ja…

Pirates pay for media as well: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/apr/21/study-finds-pira...

Re: Young File-Sharers Respond To Tough Laws By Buying A VPN

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Post by bengl3rt »

ef4 wrote: post #20

Since I have a bunch of EC2 nodes anyway, I route my own traffic through one of them when I want a VPN (mostly for a little extra safety on untrusted wifi). It works great until you realize how much of the web blocks access from EC2.

One reason I hope Amazon Silk takes off is so that sites can no longer afford to do that, lest they incur a support nightmare.

Re: Young File-Sharers Respond To Tough Laws By Buying A VPN

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Post by Hates_ »

supercanuck wrote: post #51
furyg3 wrote: post #15

I feel pretty double about VPN as a solution for masking my online activities. My reasons for using a VPN break down into these (related) categories: 1. Security. I don't trust this network at all, such as unsecured wifi in coffeeshop. 2. Access. This network has draconian restrictions I need to get around, such as corporate proxy servers or country firewalls. 3. Privacy. It's none of this network's business what I'm…

Any recommendations on VPN Providers? EDIT: I saw this further down: https://www.getcloak.com

I use http://www.goldenfrog.com/vyprvpn

Re: Young File-Sharers Respond To Tough Laws By Buying A VPN

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Post by getsat »

losvedir wrote: post #13

I've been using my Linode as a VPN lately since I do a lot of work in coffee shops and it works great. More recently I've been using it here in Bahrain to access sites that are blocked by the government (innocent ones that come up on HN, dunno why they're blocked), and US-only sites like Pandora. However, Linode is kind of expensive for this purpose only (I also host my small website on it, though), and have been loo…

http://arpnetworks.com/ is ballin'. I've been using them for a few months now. Very fast upstreams. They're only on the west coast of the USA, though. They have a $10 option.

Re: Young File-Sharers Respond To Tough Laws By Buying A VPN

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Post by rada »

supercanuck wrote: post #51
furyg3 wrote: post #15

I feel pretty double about VPN as a solution for masking my online activities. My reasons for using a VPN break down into these (related) categories: 1. Security. I don't trust this network at all, such as unsecured wifi in coffeeshop. 2. Access. This network has draconian restrictions I need to get around, such as corporate proxy servers or country firewalls. 3. Privacy. It's none of this network's business what I'm…

Any recommendations on VPN Providers? EDIT: I saw this further down: https://www.getcloak.com

http://torrentfreak.com/which-vpn-providers-really-take-anon...

My personal choice is privateinternetaccess.com: $40/year, unlimited bandwidth (cloak and many others limit bandwidth), multiple platforms (Windows/MAC/*nix/iOS/Android), multiple protocols (PPTP, OpenVPN and IPSEC/L2TP), multiple gateways (US/UK/Switzerland), and most importantly, NO user activity logs.

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