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  1. Comment on Anyone Use A VPN? If So, Which One? in ~comp

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    Actually in the US we have something called "national security letters" which can force you to hand over all data and you are unable to disclose this to the target or anyone else. These cases go...

    All of the above mentioned countries have mature legal systems where the government can’t just show up at your office and seize everything based on the will of some “higher up”. There has to be due process, public courts

    Actually in the US we have something called "national security letters" which can force you to hand over all data and you are unable to disclose this to the target or anyone else. These cases go to the secret FISA court which it seems just rubber stamps whatever the NSA/FBI asks for. It's definitely not public courts and a charade of due process. Lavabit famously opted to close their business rather than comply with these security letters. I don't have anything to hid but whistleblowers should have better protection. I think the government should be more transparent and the current systems don't give sufficient oversight. Until that happens more people should opt out of US-based surveillance.

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  2. Comment on Anyone Use A VPN? If So, Which One? in ~comp

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    FYI they are based in the US so it's not good if you are concerned about the 14 eyes mass surveillance. Plus they just hired the guy responsible for the hack at Mt. Gox to be their CTO. The real...

    FYI they are based in the US so it's not good if you are concerned about the 14 eyes mass surveillance. Plus they just hired the guy responsible for the hack at Mt. Gox to be their CTO. The real reason I left though was their servers drop connections and every once in a while you get an IP that is blacklisted or has a ping time over 1000ms. I just switched to mullvad today and will see how consistent the performance is.

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  3. Comment on Anyone Use A VPN? If So, Which One? in ~comp

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    There's tons of shady VPNs out there and the review sites are often sponsored. "That One Privacy Site" is a really good review site and he ranks 100s of VPNs by privacy, jurisdiction, logging, and...

    There's tons of shady VPNs out there and the review sites are often sponsored. "That One Privacy Site" is a really good review site and he ranks 100s of VPNs by privacy, jurisdiction, logging, and more. Here is his guide to choosing the best VPN for you https://thatoneprivacysite.net/choosing-the-best-vpn-for-you/. You can also see his detailed comparison table here https://thatoneprivacysite.net/vpn-comparison-chart/

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