UnblockOz: Helps Australians reclaim their unfiltered Internet access

Re:UnblockOz: Helps Australians reclaim their unfiltered Int... by sspiff on Friday January 13, 2017 @04:52AM (#13389664)

Doesn't using a VPN make you liable in two jurisdictions instead of just one? (The exit point of the tunnel, and the location where you are actually connecting to the VPN)

I understand that it is technically more challenging to detect and prove the user is participating in privacy or whatever it is that they're using a VPN for, but really it's just a matter of applying pressure to the VPN provider to cough up any details they have, or in some cases to install tracking functionality in their virtual network.

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Re:UnblockOz: Helps Australians reclaim their unfiltered Int... by dndln on Friday January 13, 2017 @06:20AM (#13389979)

Sure, that's why the choice of VPN provider is important. You need to choose a provider which doesn't keep logs, and has the character to shut down their business before being legally compelled to reveal users, like lavabit did. You can read this thread for an example: https://airvpn.org/topic/15396-does-airvpn-log-its-users-ip-...

For additional protection, you can also run Tor over VPN.

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Re:UnblockOz: Helps Australians reclaim their unfiltered Int... by _coldfire on Friday January 13, 2017 @08:53AM (#13390733)

Please don't use Tor for torrents.

https://blog.torproject.org/blog/bittorrent-over-tor-isnt-go...

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Re:UnblockOz: Helps Australians reclaim their unfiltered Int... by redblacktree on Friday January 13, 2017 @11:45AM (#13392270)

> participating in privacy

Ironic typo.

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