Re:NordVPN disables features when you turn off auto-renew
by harshreality on Saturday February 06, 2021 @01:48PM
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> I don't fully understand the privacy argument.
Hiding IPs while engaging in piracy.
Other than that, I think it's mainly geoblocking evasion, which might have overtaken piracy recently as the most popular reason for using a proxy service.
Any use where the slowness of tor is a dealbreaker, and where criminal liability is not so high that law enforcement will attempt to unmask proxy users in realtime.
Hiding IPs while engaging in piracy.
Other than that, I think it's mainly geoblocking evasion, which might have overtaken piracy recently as the most popular reason for using a proxy service.
Any use where the slowness of tor is a dealbreaker, and where criminal liability is not so high that law enforcement will attempt to unmask proxy users in realtime.