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DVDs and public transit: Boycott drives people to ditch Big Tech to protest ICE (text.npr.org)
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In Portland, Ore., Brittany Trahan started buying DVDs rather than paying for Netflix and Apple TV, while Lisa Shannon has been relying on public transit instead of taking an Uber. And in McDonough, Ga., Brian Seymour II has been embracing the cold to shop locally instead of buying through Amazon.

They're among a growing number of Americans participating in a boycott this month, targeting tech companies who, they believe, are not doing enough to stand up against President Trump's aggressive immigration crackdown.

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[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

Is TOR a practical alternative for VPN? never tried it, but it seems tempting...

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 hours ago

I wouldn't consider it so. Imo it has a different intended use case.

Similar to a a VPN's server, if a TOR exit node is compromised, so is your traffic.

However, TOR is significantly slower than just torrenting over a VPN. It speed loss could make a 15min download take 6-8hours. For a movie that could be a few gbs in size it would take even longer.

[–] Attacker94@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

I'm not too well versed in it, but just based upon how it works I would imagine you would be at greater risk without taking at least as many precautions as the normal internet.