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Re:Do you need a VPN? by jerheinze on Monday October 30, 2017 @12:17PM (#15586206)
Why base your privacy on wishful thinking ("provider is probably not lying") instead of using privacy by design solutions? (e.g. i2p for torrenting)
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Re:Do you need a VPN? by Spivak on Monday October 30, 2017 @03:12PM (#15587984)
Because privacy by policy is good enough for almost everyone.
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Re:Do you need a VPN? by jerheinze on Monday October 30, 2017 @03:37PM (#15588185)
> Because privacy by policy is good enough for almost everyone.

Source? And why would it be good enough when it has been shown time and time again that it's ineffective (example: DNT header)?

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