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0 pointsweavejester12y ago0 comments

Isn't paying through a VPN a rather different matter to paying for a VPN? I mean, there's no point to using a privacy VPN to hide your identity only to then give out your credit card details, so it sounds like an inherently biased scenario.

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kbenson12y ago

If you are going to use a VPN to charge stolen credit cards, you sure aren't going to use a real credit card to purchase the VPN service, which could then be linked back to you.

weavejesterOP12y ago

That's true, but I don't see how that relates to the point.

_mulder_12y ago

Well I imagine it might go something like this:

Bad guy gets CC details

Uses stolen CC to sign up to VPN

Goes on a shopping spree via the VPN so law enforcement can't trace him

So you're going to see more use of VPNs by fraudsters trying to hide than you are genuine users... hence the ban.

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