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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by silent_water@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net

they were all owned by the same company and sold to Kape, which has ties to the Israeli intelligence service, a few years back.

The issue is who he sold it to -- the notorious creator of some pernicious data-huffing ad-ware, Crossrider. The UK-based company was cofounded by an ex-Israeli surveillance agent and a billionaire previously convicted of insider trading who was later named in the Panama Papers. It produced software which previously allowed third-party developers to hijack users' browsers via malware injection, redirect traffic to advertisers and slurp up private data.

I personally use perfect-privacy, which didn't turn up any red flags when I did research a few years ago. it's a little lacking in features but openvpn isn't that hard to set up on linux & android. no clue how well their desktop app works.

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[-] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 38 points 7 months ago

Oh motherfucker PIA is the one I use

Thankfully the main reason I have it is just to steal video games but I’ll make sure that doesn’t renew

[-] KittyBobo@hexbear.net 33 points 7 months ago

Mullvad is what I use, haven't heard of any controversies with them.

[-] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 26 points 7 months ago

I used to use Mullvad but switched because PIA was cheaper and a looooot of sites and apps were blocking me when I used Mullvad.

Fuck you Wendys I don’t want to turn off my VPN on work wifi just to order food

[-] Gucci_Minh@hexbear.net 22 points 7 months ago

Seconding Mullvad, you can send them an envelope of cash or buy a code off amazon if you really care about it that much. Technically they're in a 14 eyes country but no one here is important enough to worry about that.

[-] Des@hexbear.net 13 points 7 months ago

angel-biblical there are too many eyes

[-] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 20 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The only problem is that they don't support port forwarding, so if you're a serious torrent person that can be disqualifying.

[-] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 7 months ago

I torrent with mullvad, it seeds fine.

[-] Kumikommunism@hexbear.net 16 points 7 months ago

But it would seed better with port forwarding, as all VPNs would. Which is the point.

[-] kleeon@hexbear.net 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

main reason I have it is just to steal video games

why do you need a VPN for that? Can you get in trouble if you don't use it?

[-] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 25 points 7 months ago

Yeah, I’ve gotten letters from my ISP in years prior. For torrenting Silicon Valley and Gambo Thrones if I remember right

[-] kleeon@hexbear.net 19 points 7 months ago

US seems to be pretty strict with it's IP laws, crazy stuff. I've seeded like a 100TB of data and never gotten anything from my ISP

in canada isps are obligated to pass on what IP holders accuse you of, but they don't actually do anything about it. the rights holders are the ones tracking torrents or whatever. i've torrented tons of music and movies and the only time i got an email was when i torrented the lady ghostbusters lol

ive heard that in the us an ISP can decide to stop providing service to you if you get too many tho

[-] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 8 points 7 months ago

I believe the US works much the same way

[-] Raebxeh@hexbear.net 11 points 7 months ago

Depends on where you live, but they like to periodically make examples out of people and sue them for like half a million dollars

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