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Re:A curated list of warez and piracy links by francis-io on Friday January 07, 2022 @05:46AM (#29837579)
I know it's not on the list, but look into IVPN. I liked the multi tunnel option. For sensitive things, you might want to chain VPNs, or use Tor through a VPN.

Side note: All these ads for VPN services you see now really makes it seem like you should use a VPN. Do most people need a VPN? You trade off an ISP snooping to a VPN provider snooping. Here in the UK, ISPs can't sell my browsing data, and are more regulated than private companies, so maybe that influences my opinion here.

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Re:A curated list of warez and piracy links by onychomys on Friday January 07, 2022 @09:19AM (#29839357)
> You trade off an ISP snooping to a VPN provider snooping.

Well, you trade off the possibility of a VPN provider snooping even though they claim not to for the 100% definite snooping that you know for a fact is happening with an ISP. And even if you get a VPN that snoops, wouldn't you rather have some random small company doing that snooping than, say, Comcast?

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