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airvnp is the best and 30% off right now

>>827716

Why is it the best? I thought most EU countries have pretty bad data privacy laws being under EU control. I know AirVPN is based in Italy though.

xkeyscore

>>827716

ty. 35%. they're decent, I use a few others but in my testing theyre ok

I hope you know what a 'threat model' and 'browser fingerprinting' is.

>>827724

fingerprinting test: https://leaktest.online/ & https://panopticlick.eff.org/

is buying a VPS and running OpenVPN a viable option?

>>827728

Depends. What's your threat model?

>>827733

simple obfuscation and degoogling for a small user group

>>827741

>simple obfuscation

ok

>and degoogling for a small user group

Google doesn't limit their tracking to cookies, they also use your IP address for identification. You might be better off with a periodically changing IP address from your ISP.

If you want the best of both worlds, some commercial VPN service might be the right choice for you. However this puts you in the spotlight for intelligence agencies and some services like Netflix might block you.

>>827749

With a VPN you get several IPs in different countries.

>>827749

>paying for a VPN

>not paying for a VPN you set up yourself

>>827771

Yeah but AirVPN is based out of Italy which is definitely within the NSA sphere of influence. Wouldn't you want something a little out of that jurisdiction? I would also never consider anything that isn't token-based.

>>827701 (OP)

>into most walmarts

Your face is captured on cameras when you pay to cashier.

You will connect from your home or mobile phone.

Every ISP you connect through will routinely see you use the same VPN provider.

>>827725

>feeding your metadata to literally whos just to know how much your browser is fingerprintable

>not sniffing traffic on local network

>meme panopticlick score that possesses no value

>not even the best websites for this purpose

>>827749

Maybe if you can afford to buy 200 VPSes in different locations.

>>827803

kys

>>827771

>bullshit forced meme gondola pic

>airvpn is good

You Are Forgiven, Your Sins Forgotten

>>827701 (OP)

Unfortunately these are shit, a lot of places recognize the code as "Vanilla" or whatever and won't accept it.

Even if there is a card balance they'll just shrug or send you a message saying declined until you use your actual card.

>>827820

As long as they mastercard it's accepted. These services do not have sign in pages.

Thoughts on Mullvad? It has used AES-256 encryption since early 2015 (past arguments against it had been that it only used Blowfish in the past, which was going out of date), their country (Sweden) has no data collection laws, and you sign up with bitcoin (meme, I know, but it is anonymous if you tumble it) and are given an account number (so no email). As far as I can tell, it's as secure as any other and, even if they did keep logs, their signup system ensures that they can't connect it to any one person when combined with Tor and obfs4.

Winrar? Did I miss something?

>>827901

AES-256 is a mistake. The overhead per packet is huge and doesn't make it more secure.

>>827701 (OP)

I'm thinking about trying Final Solutions. I heard it's pretty good and their servers are all hosted in China where free speech is actually protected, also you get a small commission for every referral you bring.

>>827901

I don't trust any EUSSR country with my data tbh. Half the shit I say would get me arrested in Sweden so it's a bit of a nonstarter. I tend to prefer boutique jurisdictions for data privacy, but that's just me. Also Mullvad isn't having any Black Friday deals.

>>827773

>token based

Not 100% sure what you mean, but it accepts bitcoin if you're talking about that

>>827811

what did he mean by this

>>827930

https://proxy.sh/panel/knowledgebase/1702/Convert-your-VPN-package-into-an-anonymous-token-credential.html

If there are no logs then they can't correlate usage to any particular account holder. Then why the need for anonymous payments?

>>827941

MITM

>>827941

So you don't need to trust their claim about not logging.