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Ask HN: Best VPN and VoIP Number for Banking and Social Media?

Posted by torvaldnom on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @02:43PM
from the ask-hn dept.

It is absurd how using VPNs and VOIPs just flags banking apps and social media. This has happened to me with ExpressVPN and Mullavad. I have been using a Google Voice number for last 7 years that has worked well with everything and also internationally. But I would have no recourse if Google just kicks me off.

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Re:Seattle becomes first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @09:37AM (#34896193)

While the factors you mention are relevant, caste ranks higher than those, maybe lower than religion. Its pretty easy to tell someone's caste just from their last name (at least for North Indian Hindus). I have an uncommon last name that makes hard for most people to tell my caste but it also means lots of people have come up to me talking shit about our other low caste co-workers, assuming I'm high caste (I'm not). This phenomenon seems to exist purely with immigrant South Asians and disappears completely after first generation.

Re:Seattle becomes first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @09:31AM (#34896094)

I'm a Hindu and I have never heard of the system you described. All Hindus I know of inherit their father's LAST name, not their first name.