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Re:VPNs Are Absolutely a Solution to a Policy Problem by geofft on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @12:31PM (#13987897)
Who are you? How do I know you're not logging my traffic and selling it?

It sounds like you're in the UK - I'm a US person, if I give you my traffic, what will courts say about my expectation of privacy?

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Re:VPNs Are Absolutely a Solution to a Policy Problem by jstanley on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @12:33PM (#13987923)
I'm James Stanley. I blog at http://incoherency.co.uk/

I already operate https://smsprivacy.org/ which is essentially a VPN for SMS.

I don't have any way to prove I'm not logging your traffic, but I am a big believer in privacy and promise not to. If you don't trust me, you don't have to use it.

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Re:VPNs Are Absolutely a Solution to a Policy Problem by RKearney on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @03:48PM (#13989904)
> How do I know you're not logging my traffic and selling it?

The same way you know any VPN company isn't. You just have to take their word for it.

Why is the word of a fly-by-night VPN provider any better than a HN poster?

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Re:VPNs Are Absolutely a Solution to a Policy Problem by ryanswapp on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @12:36PM (#13987963)
According to the Supreme Court you don't have any expectation of privacy in information given to a third party so whether the VPN is in the US or not does not matter.
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Re:VPNs Are Absolutely a Solution to a Policy Problem by tptacek on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @02:22PM (#13989109)
That's an oversimplification of the Third-Party Doctrine, particularly as applied today.
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