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Re:Italy Wikipedia shuts down in protest at proposed EU copy... by new_guy on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @08:58AM (#17449751)
>Already, I have to screenshot and email my sister in Britain recipes from a Canadian website that doesn't want to deal with GDPR.

Have her install this https://anonymox.net/en it's a free Firefox addon that'll let her access the sites by making them think she's in the US

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Re:Italy Wikipedia shuts down in protest at proposed EU copy... by michaelmrose on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @10:18AM (#17450349)
To be clear its not just hiding your IP you are proxying all your potentially sensitive data via their servers. Also bandwidth may be cheap but its not free. It mentions a paid option for a bout 5 euros a month that is 10x faster with unlimited bandwidth.

I interpret this to mean that the free option has a finite supply of bandwidth and is slow which is logical because otherwise people that want to watch 4k netflix over it would put them out of business.

I also see that they offer a browser plugin but don't seem to provide say an openvpn connection which seems inferior as that protects all forms of data rather than just browsing data.

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Re:Italy Wikipedia shuts down in protest at proposed EU copy... by timrichard on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @10:43AM (#17450591)
Just to mention another option, Opera installs with a free VPN built-in.
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Re:Italy Wikipedia shuts down in protest at proposed EU copy... by Deukhoofd on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @10:55AM (#17450697)
A free VPN on a browser owned by a random group of Chinese investors? Probably not the safest idea.
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Re:Italy Wikipedia shuts down in protest at proposed EU copy... by 794CD01 on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @01:10PM (#17451910)
Really? Chinese investors sound like exactly the people who would most want a secure private VPN.
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Re:Italy Wikipedia shuts down in protest at proposed EU copy... by throwaway37585 on Wednesday July 04, 2018 @03:16AM (#17455727)
It depends on their relationship with the Party. Ultrasurf, for instance, was developed by Chinese dissidents.
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