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What is the best free easy VPN ?
tp4tissue:
you can pay for a seed box instead and vpn to that. though you probably don't need the vpn since your service is not directly connecting to any torrent
Coreda:
--- Quote from: Leslieann on Mon, 04 July 2022, 21:40:43 ---Don't forget if your VPN, browser or client crashes it can expose your true IP, happens more than people think.
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There are ways to both detect a VPN going down and prevent falling back to the regular ISP gateway at the router level to avoid this scenario if one is using a decent router OS. Most won't look into how to do this though.
--- Quote from: Leslieann on Mon, 04 July 2022, 21:40:43 ---Crazier still, many studios (and feds) have deals with major ISPs allowing them to look at the data and that allows them to fingerprint the data, the feds have at times cracked TOR this way.
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I mean, government agencies have been able to use lawful interception (LI) for mirroring data for ages when needed at the network level though it would have been more useful before HTTPS was so widely adopted. The most I've read regarding Tor de-anonymization has been compromised nodes and careful analysis of timings/etc, or separate investigative methods which were enabled by target slip-ups in other ways.
Have a link regarding the film studio comment? I've heard proposals by them for ISP content filtering but not opening up traffic analysis to them before.
Francisco:
--- Quote from: fohat.digs on Mon, 04 July 2022, 10:04:08 ---Title says it. I haven't used a VPN but figured that I should probably start. Currently using Linux Mint.
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I recommend surfshark.com - it's almost free at $2.49/month (24 month deal).
It's useful for streaming from geographically restricted locations/services.
Leslieann:
--- Quote from: Coreda on Tue, 05 July 2022, 04:22:52 ---Have a link regarding the film studio comment? I've heard proposals by them for ISP content filtering but not opening up traffic analysis to them before.
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No, and you won't easily find it because they outsource it.
The studios themselves aren't doing the torrent tracking, they hire an outside firm to do it for them.
Regardless, the MPAA has worked with ISPs before and ISPs are selling more data and access to data harvesters and various governments all the time. Between being cheap, data caps and just generally a terrible company can you think of any reason Comcast (and to a lesser extent Charter or Cox) wouldn't give them (or a third party working for them) access for the right money?
Can I prove it, no, would I put money on it, absolutely.
They know it can be done because the feds did it, so why can't they.
Darthbaggins:
--- Quote from: fohat.digs on Mon, 04 July 2022, 20:45:42 ---
--- Quote from: Leslieann on Mon, 04 July 2022, 19:29:46 ---
Really the only reason to use one is for business (for remote access) or you want to watch something out of region/behind a firewall.
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I got a 2nd notice from AT&T about infringing on somebody's copyright.
I think it might have been from downloading an episode of The Orville or Strange New.
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This is why I obtain my shows via a site that uses trackers that obtain to it (the site) and don't signal out to the ISP - been using one site for 12yrs w/out issues from Comcast/Xfinity or even Verizon (when I lived in MA).
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