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0 pointsmirimir6y ago0 comments

Which is why many people don't use US-based VPN services.

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So that, instead of the US using legal formalisms to gain access to your data, they can simply (under our law) hack it directly? While at the same time, whatever host country is involved can use their legal formalisms to get access to the data? How is that helping you?

mirimirOP6y ago

It helps me because I use nested VPN chains. And because I alternate jurisdictions. With the goal of complicating log collection.

But in any case, I don't count on nested VPN chains for serious anonymity. Mostly I use them to avoid hassle from torrenting. And conversely, torrenting provides cover traffic, and as well a plausible reason for using VPN services.

But mostly I use nested VPN chains to hide Tor use from local observers. Because Tor usage is far less common than VPN usage, and so far more of a red flag for increased surveillance.

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tptacek6y ago

mirimirOP6y ago

It helps me because I use nested VPN chains. And because I alternate jurisdictions. With the goal of complicating log collection.

But mostly I use nested VPN chains to hide Tor use from local observers. Because Tor usage is far less common than VPN usage, and so far more of a red flag for increased surveillance.

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