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0 pointsfragmede4mo ago0 comments

specifically, “free” VPN isn’t free. They use your computer that has the VPN software installed as an exit nodes for other customers. Those other customers hammer websites for their AI until it gets blocked. Sucks for you, unfortunately.

Talk to your kids about the dangers of VPNs before it's too late.

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cuu5084mo ago

Which VPNs are like that?

fragmedeOP4mo ago

Hola is the big one, but in practice, if we hypothesis that no one's running a VPN as a charity, free VPN products need to make money someway, and if you're not paying to use it, how else are they gonna make money?

So basically be suspicious of every single "free" or suspiciously cheap VPN. Go with known brands that come recommended by mulitple people, especially from people "in the know".

Though PirateSoftware (a person) has a good bit on why he doesn't advertise for VPNs on his channel.

WorldMaker4mo ago

Hola's worst division got spun out into a separate company, Bright Data. Bright Data's worst innovations since "Free VPN" are using those "Watch this ad for 30 seconds for bonus in-game currency" things in many, many awful mobile games and using those as a "opt-in" signal to use the user's device for those 30 seconds (or however long) as an exit node for whatever scanning/botting processes they resell.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bright_Data

ErroneousBosh4mo ago

All the ones you don't construct for yourself out of an inexpensive VPS.

shermantanktop4mo ago

your preferences don't sound like facts. Are you claiming that paid VPNs "all" do this as well?

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