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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Maybe I'm just being dumb and can't find it but...its a massive red flag for a VPN not to have a privacy policy.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Which is why I was super clear about not being one. Glad you were able to get the opportunity to say what another user already said a day before.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

I'm glad someone with more knowledge then me responded.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (7 children)

I'm always skeptical when something is called privacy focused and the article lists no privacy features.

Does this actually provide any new unique privacy features or is it something akin to arkenfox where it is just getting everything upstream from firefox?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

I am not an expert so I would highly recommend looking into more credible sources but my guess would be, since this is most likely not a very popular add-on, any browser with it would stand out considerably more relative to not having it.

Typically its common for browsers that want to reduce fingerprinting (tor, mullvad etc) recommend not installing new addons as then you stand out from crowd.

I'd say, since there are so many alternative ways to get this filter list, even if its a marginal increase in fingerprinting, its not worth installing it as an add-on.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

You will be surprised to learn not everyone lives in the EU ;)

There will be a ton of great privacy services that will be unaffected or will just leave the EU market (including signal). No need to switch to a completely unproven chat.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

As someone who worked in the restaurant industry this name made me shutter.

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

Sorry my bad, I should of responded in a more professional tone.

Yeah I totally agree there is a valid reason to have the function but its all moot if the function doesn't work correctly.

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

Either you didn't read the github comments or dont understand how vpns work.

If the VPN over hotspot function leaks data outside the tunnel, then your phones data is going to be revealed in the clear.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I don't think your giving people much credit. Anyone on here who can bind their VPN to their torrent client can easily handle this.

I mean the filter list github literally provides instruction. So does ublock, so does pretty much any DNS filtering service.

This isn't rocket science. All it takes is like 2% effort.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

No offence but that's terrible logic.

There is no point in using a vpn if you don't care if your data leaks outside the tunnel.

It would be much better to just use a free VPN, like proton, on all devices instead and then just use the regular hotspot functionality.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

Yeah Im gonna pass on the non audited chat with only 5 stars and stick to using signal.

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