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    [–] [email protected] 66 points 1 week ago (8 children)

    As a linux user you should know that all VPN companies are as trustworthy as a chronic liar, and therefore not rely on one. So it doesn't matter that they don't support Arch, really. And even good that they don't support Tails.

    [–] A_Union_of_Kobolds 16 points 1 week ago (10 children)

    K so what should I be doing instead

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    [–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (4 children)

    Isn't VPN a must-have to avoid IP-tracking without downsides of Tor (slow, Cloudfare etc.)?

    [–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (4 children)

    A VPN introduces a new party who can harvest your data. It doesn't avoid IP tracking, it just shifts it from your ISP to another entity.

    You have to trust that your VPN provider's claims of no logging/tracking are accurate, you can usually get fairly confident with research but it's never 100%.

    Edit: to clarify, I'm not trying to dissuade VPN use. It's a still a great choice.

    [–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago

    a foreign commercial company is the safer choice compared to ur local isp who is bound to handover ur data to ur government if they ask for it. plus there are plenty of good vpn providers who can be considered credible due to third party audits and them being open source

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    [–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (5 children)

    You're only shifting the tracking from your ISP and the target server to the VPN company, which is just as likely to talk.

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    [–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

    I know, I don't even know why I was on the site lol.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    Kinda misphrased, I didn't want to call out you specifically, I don't think you'd be stupid enough to fall for VPN companies, that was more of a general statement to/about all linux users :3

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