Recommended privacy VPNs
On Sun, Jan 02, 2022 at 02:07:42PM +0000, Steven Schear wrote:
With cryptohippie gone what do you recommend?
what do you need it for? for circumventing geoblocking of copyrightmaffia content? then any is good. but you can also just configure your tor to use exit nodes in the given country. if you do not trust the network you are visiting, then even a raspi at home with wireguard is good for not leaking anything in the guest network. if you don't wanna wireguard at home raspi, then just rent a cheap vps and run your wireguard there. alternatively using tor is also an option as long as your threatmodel does not contain the FVEY or the ruskies or chinese. if neither of the above apply to you, then the https that is deployed everywhere should be enough and you don't really need a vpn. btw raspis are affected by the global chip pandemic and i suspect them going up in price. so hodl your raspis!
On Sun, 2 Jan 2022 14:23:24 +0000 stef <s@ctrlc.hu> wrote:
btw raspis are affected by the global chip pandemic
there's no such thing - only technonazis whine about 'chip shortages'
and i suspect them going up in price. so hodl your raspis!
https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-4-model-b/ $35, like always. By the way the rpis are probably the most shittiest option when it comes to 'security'.
Threat model definitely includes FVEY. On Sun, Jan 2, 2022, 2:29 PM stef <s@ctrlc.hu> wrote:
On Sun, Jan 02, 2022 at 02:07:42PM +0000, Steven Schear wrote:
With cryptohippie gone what do you recommend?
what do you need it for? for circumventing geoblocking of copyrightmaffia content? then any is good.
but you can also just configure your tor to use exit nodes in the given country.
if you do not trust the network you are visiting, then even a raspi at home with wireguard is good for not leaking anything in the guest network.
if you don't wanna wireguard at home raspi, then just rent a cheap vps and run your wireguard there.
alternatively using tor is also an option as long as your threatmodel does not contain the FVEY or the ruskies or chinese.
if neither of the above apply to you, then the https that is deployed everywhere should be enough and you don't really need a vpn.
btw raspis are affected by the global chip pandemic and i suspect them going up in price. so hodl your raspis!
On 1/2/22, Steven Schear <schear.steve@gmail.com> wrote:
Threat model definitely includes FVEY.
No matter what any VPN says about privacy, they are all completely unverifiable advertising marketing statements, and all present counter party risk. They are jurisdiction plays subject to caving coercion buyout law and whim. And as single hop nodes they do nothing against FVEY Traffic Analysis. You first need to write and deploy chaff based privacy overlay networks, encrypted RF, etc if you expect to begin protecting against FVEY. "Tor Stinks -- NSA"... that was over 10 years ago. Their powers are 2x-100x since then, while all current overlays are still at 1x. The better solution would be to just remove FVEY.
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