King@r.nf to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWhat the hell Proton!r.nfimagemessage-square242fedilinkarrow-up1815arrow-down182file-text
arrow-up1733arrow-down1imageWhat the hell Proton!r.nfKing@r.nf to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square242fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareOR3X@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoI think the point they’re getting at Is that you can’t use a self-hosted vpn to hide your piracy activity because the link is registered to yourself.
minus-squarestephen01king@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 month agoYes, but this thread is about security while using public Wi-Fi, which the original comment was saying doesn’t require commercial VPNs.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tealinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoAnd I highly doubt people are pirating while on public wi-fi, the bandwidth just isn’t good enough, and even if it was, it would be a dick move to other public wi-fi users.
I think the point they’re getting at Is that you can’t use a self-hosted vpn to hide your piracy activity because the link is registered to yourself.
Yes, but this thread is about security while using public Wi-Fi, which the original comment was saying doesn’t require commercial VPNs.
And I highly doubt people are pirating while on public wi-fi, the bandwidth just isn’t good enough, and even if it was, it would be a dick move to other public wi-fi users.