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How important is a VPN to you? (feddit.org)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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And if you use one, are you happy with it?

I'm trying to get more into privacy and security and VPN is currently a struggle for me (and it seems also for some people in my social circle). It's mostly cost, effectiveness, but also connection issues (not being able to connect to servers, not reaching websites, sometimes slower speed.

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[–] 2 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Slower speeds? I get my full 110 megabytes per second downloading with my VPN hahaha

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Thanks for rubbing it in... and failing to mention what service you use.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    That’s cuz I get a negative reaction when I mention it hahaha. I use Nord. Got it a few years ago to support Eric from Internet Comment Etiquette, and it just worked for me so I haven’t changed. It used to cap out at maybe 15/20MB per sec, but now I get my full-ass gigabit speeds when downloading stuff. I’ve considered switching but it works great for me and I get max speed, so ehhhh

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

    lol... I get that ;]

    I'd probably stick with it as well. My current view is that VPN mostly just provides a cover for general piracy. If "they" wanted to devote the effort they could figure out who I was. But I am sure a lot of vpns serve as honey pots and you wouldn't want to blow your cover just for someone downloading a movie they never would have paid for anyway. They got the signature thing, but if I was doing something serious then that is going to be quite different than my general use signature and match every other user of Tails or whatever. The signature thing really sucks, but we do have control over what signatures we leave where and via vpns and tor those different "personas" don't need to be connected by singular ip address.

    Or at least that is my present opinion. If anyone here has a good argument against it, I'd like to hear it.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    I’m fully with ya there. If I was doing anything more than downloading media, I’d be using something like tails with TOR or i2p or whatever. But without having any issues with my ISP chastising me in years (since I began VPNing), I’m happy with what I’ve got.

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