On 04/15/2017 08:08 AM, b0z0@SDF.ORG wrote:

Try privatix vpn firefox addon. It is one click to enable in the browser and is free too.

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Browser plugin VPNs are worthless.

On Fri, 14 Apr 2017, Cecilia Tanaka wrote:

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Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 23:05:12 -0300 From: Cecilia Tanaka To: CypherPunks Subject: Fwd: [apc.members] OpenVPN

Hi, cute girls and guys! Hope everybody is doing good! :)

I am still pretending to be dead while finishing some crazy projects and healing a bit, but this message can be very interesting for some researchers here.

Source: Private APC Members List. (Sorry, I am trying to protect the sender. There are bastard Aussie bullies here.)

So much violence and fear, so many bombs and pain in the world... When we have more fears and prejudices than dreams and hopes, there is something very wrong in the world. A world without privacy, without any security, where we have to protect our children not of pedophiles on Internet, but of our own governments...

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. Protect your lives and, please, protect also the children's innocence, my beloved ones.

Take care and - if you believe - God (or Goddess, Allah, Buda, Kannon, The Mother Earth, Shango, everybody!) bless and protect you and your dreams.

Ceci

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [apc.members] OpenVPN Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 20:55:15 +1000 From: A.G.

Dear friends,

Can anyone recommend a VPN, preferably run by a member if such services are still being offered?

This is happening today in Australia.

"From today, 13th April 2017, all Australian telecommunication providers are now required to collect a whole range of your telecommunications data ('metadata') and retain it for two full years, so that it can be requested by government agencies.

This data includes information about your phone usage (including texts and your location) and about your Internet connection. This information allows very detailed conclusions to be made about many aspects of your life and there are almost no protections against investigative "fishing expeditions" or systemic abuse of power.

With the exception of journalists' data, no warrants are required for access to this data, and there is little effective oversight. The data retention scheme therefore represents a genuine threat to the privacy of all Australians."

Source: https://www.efa.org.au/2017/04/13/get-a-vpn-today/

A.

b0z0@sdf.lonestar.org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org

Also it is more anonymous than a subscriber service if you use the free peers as you dont need to sign up. On Sat, 15 Apr 2017, b0z0@SDF.ORG wrote:

Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 23:02:30 +0000 (UTC) From: b0z0@SDF.ORG To: grarpamp Cc: CypherPunks Subject: Re: [apc.members] OpenVPN

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:

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Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 18:13:45 -0400 From: grarpamp To: CypherPunks Subject: Re: [apc.members] OpenVPN

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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

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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.

b0z0@sdf.lonestar.org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org

b0z0@sdf.lonestar.org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org

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So what... put the thing in a vm / jail / whatever that offers separate routing table from rest of system, use that to split horizon.

3 4 click

Toggling bad... cookies, tls session keys, browser / stack retransmits, homing intervals, etc. Separate instances are needed to avoid.

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Plugin, openvpn, whichever... you still have basic security architecture issues to address.

level for leaks with no problem so far.

Doesn't mean it wont. Packet filter is needed protection. Though not as bad as the remote-load-js-code-on-every-use of 'encrypted' webmail services (lol), plugins still phone home autoupdate, may be binary blobs, etc.

anon free sign up

Some vpn's need only a VC transaction, ie: bitcoin, z*, etc. Get from ATM / meetup / labor, mix, contribute to VC economy.