Someone wished for more vpn use and got monkey pawed
I doubt it’s just this though? Bc there are other porn sites they could easily switch to if that were all it was. It could be a general worry about what else may be coming down the pipeline after this one block.
Hell the question was about states banning porn and I linked a site about age verification instead without realizing it… I remember reading something about VPN traffic spiking on Proton after the rules went into effect, wasn’t trying to intentionally be inaccurate
It was a nice read, I’m glad you shared it.:-)
Are there recommendations for some best ones to consider for people in the USA?
And maybe other considerations - like if all you want to do is access things like porn and pirate Torrents and Lemmy, is it safe for a reputable company to have a credit card number on file? And if not, then that opens up a whole new layer of complexity that people are going to have to wade through.
Probably not what you want for the effort, but I’ve been running a Digital Ocean droplet out of Amsterdam for years, $6/mo.
Spun up a Debian instance, followed directions for an OpenVPN setup, failed, came back at it 2 weeks later, never had to touch it again. Been long in IT, but I’m no Linux graybeard. Their tutorials are spot on if you can follow directions. I did it drunk. LOL, I’m not even sure how to login anymore, just pay the bill!
Now if I want VPN, I start OpenVPN, wait 5 seconds, I’m in Amsterdam, good to go.
My very not scientific understanding is that using a VPN to a remote server is like throwing your internet traffic into a blender with everyone else using that server. So isn’t this the one time it’s better to not self host so your traffic is mixed into a much larger pool of other VPN traffic? Or am I missing something.
Mullvad if all you want is a VPN but it’s worth checking out Proton’s privacy suite.
Calendar, password manager, aliasing services, etc.
