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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

I like how the article boils down to, "Except for some isolated use cases, Tor is far superior to a VPN in both cost and safety," and a lot of the comments boil down to "YEAH VPNS ARE GREAT GET A VPN."

It is okay to read the article before writing a comment, guys. In some circles, it's even encouraged, because you might learn something.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (9 children)

Except many services are very aggressive to Tor exit nodes, namely Google and Cloudflare. Everytime I just met with CAPTCHA after CAPTCHAs, and eventually I gave up on the site.

Yeah, I should cut ties with Google but cutting YouTube on NewPipe is hard. I'm on Proton and watching YouTube is already hard.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I love the ultra paranoid path Proton offers. It reminds me.of GoldenEye.

You -> VPN Server 1 -> VPN Server 2 -> TOR -> endpoint.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago

"Good luck, I'm behind 7 proxies!"

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (12 children)

These fucking things always tip-toe around the issue anyone wants a VPN for: Piracy.

Are you pirating shit? Yes? Use a VPN.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why did you not include DPI spoofing?

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