Notices tagged with vpn

Yet another reason to use #VPN:
As private businesses, ISPs can bypass constitutions to engage in #censorship

This time it's an egregious and outrageous situation but where will it stop? ISPs will begin blocking unpopular opinions of all kinds.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/18/18271511/new-zealand-isp-blocking-sites-christchurch-shooting-video-removal-4chan-8chan-liveleak

@oz the goals are similar in some ways, but for some reason we're always told not to watch video or download torrents via #Tor. I presume that's because it would tax the bandwidth available to the network? So the pitch of a decentralized #VPN network is that users can both pay for a service, or earn by supplying it, without trusting a central provider.

#Mysterium is a startup that aims to build a fully decentralized replacement for commercial #VPN services. Their current beta tech includes both server-site software for running nodes (using #GoLang, #OpenVPN, and #WireGuard), a desktop client (built on #Electron and #Vue), and a mobile client for Android and iThings (built on #React). All licensed under #GPLv3. They've been at it since around 2016:
https://medium.com/mysterium-network/decentralized-and-secure-access-to-the-internet-do-we-need-a-decentralized-vpn-95a432c40cbc

Periodic reminder:

If you are in need of a secure, no-log, no-strings-attached #VPN that does not cost money, use:

Cryptostorm https://cryptostorm.is/configs/cryptofree/ (anonymous, no sign up necessary)

or

ProtonVPN https://protonvpn.com (sign up required)

Both work with open source OpenVPN apps. No stupid spyware to download!

@noorul Oh! Yes. I've gotta stop posting while sleep deprived. Don't ever use #BitTorrent through #Tor! It's akin to downloading a 1.5GB movie on someone's $1/MB dial-up connection. How rude! Do use a #VPN though if you can. They're cool. Like fezes ;)

@noorul @joshim AFAIK that's also a concern with any other tech that uses #BitTorrent protocols. If it's something you're concerned about, I guess you can use a #VPN? Or maybe #Tor?

I love #Wire, and would use it every day, except for that fact that I can't get it working on my ancient Android/Linux device (4.2.2) either (despite heaps of help from their helpdesk), and I can't use it on on my GNU/Linux laptop (#Trisquel 8) because it's blocked by the Great Firewall, and our #VPN service won't work on my laptop ATM
@sheogorath @Privacy

I need to set up my GNU/Linux desktop so that every time I log in, it automatically connects my #VPN, and then logs me into my email and chat accounts, using a set of minimal background daemons. I want those daemons to notify me when I receive email, or delayed chat messages, or when a contact wants to initiate a realtime chat (text/ voice/ video), and ask me if I want to open the relevant GUI client #SmartDesktop #UX

I've been warning about stuff like this since perhaps... 2010? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/08/eff-urges-stronger-oversight-dojs-digital-search-j20-protestor-website use #vpn

Last month (again) #vpn broke DNS lookup for me for hours before I realised it. Now it's doing it to #synergy
Argh.
High cost of complexity.

Complaint Filed Over Sketchy #VPN Service
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170808/00222037952/complaint-filed-over-sketchy-vpn-service.shtml
#ftc won't do a thing. They never acted on my complaints.