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Re:NordVPN library and client code open-sourced by ramesh31 on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @01:05PM (#35154689)
>You’d almost certainly see that traffic going across your network, right?

This is why their marketing campaigns are so aggressive. They completely rely on the unsophisticated masses, to whom a computer is a magical box of fairy dust that plays Netflix shows.

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Re:NordVPN library and client code open-sourced by yunohn on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @01:15PM (#35154868)
> completely rely on the unsophisticated masses, to whom a computer is a magical box of fairy dust that plays Netflix shows

And that’s perfectly fine - computers are a tool, enabling valuable usecases for everyone.

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Re:NordVPN library and client code open-sourced by ramesh31 on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @01:46PM (#35155421)
>And that’s perfectly fine - computers are a tool, enabling valuable usecases for everyone.

Of course. But the arbitrage of that knowledge leaves open all kinds of profitable businesses, including shady VPNs.

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Re:NordVPN library and client code open-sourced by yunohn on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @02:44PM (#35156509)
I fully agree that informed consent is necessary before funnelling connections for others, esp. given varying local laws around internet traffic responsibility.

However, I also think this is the only way to bypass streaming sites blocking VPNs - the whole reason for using such a service in the first place.

IMHO the shadiness is only around consent and not the means. Unfortunate, but such is reality.

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