I hear what you are all saying and i agree. However there are still some good reasons why you might want to use the browser plugin.. 1) Maybe i dont want all my network traffic forwarded - Still a trust issue with upstream vpn provider. 2) Perhaps i dont want my torrents to consume vpn bandwidth 3) If i want hd streaming direct to my computer where my connection is already a bit shit, I can one click disable the vpn or concurrently use different browser. 4) Regular users can enable with one click. Still better than no vpn. 5) I dont trust tor much any more. Plus i can use other plugins on firefox. I have been trying it out for a while now whilst keeping a close eye packet level for leaks with no problem so far. Maybe someone could recommend a VPN provider?? A free one would be nice. On Sat, 15 Apr 2017, grarpamp wrote:
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 18:13:45 -0400 From: grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com> To: CypherPunks <cypherpunks@lists.cpunks.org> Subject: Re: [apc.members] OpenVPN
A Russian government agent tried to get informations about one of my friends using his own kids, asking them about "their daddy's friends", about "daddy's job", and so go on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLl0DVzRksk
Try privatix vpn firefox addon. It is one click to enable in the browser and is free too.
Provided by the service? For load and exec in your browser? And "free"? Lol! Run, run far far away.
Use a real opensource OS... BSD, Linux... whonix qubes concept, or roll your own... actual packet filters, OpenVPN or similar, VMs etc.
A "free" tier of a legit pay service might be ok if they are profitable enough to do it. Finding a legit service is hard, always search negative opinion.
There are various p2p vpn's, proxies and other services people can join in volunteer with and use. Tor is the most well known of them. As with all, must validate each tool with your threat model and usage, so to not end up swiss cheese.
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