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What’s the argument if it’s on your Home internet?

• NoMoreNicksLeft 12d ago
  When I use the VPN, I am connecting to an endpoint that 40 other people are also connected to. Did I download that file, or did one of the other 39 download it? Even the VPN provider can't tell... they keep no logs. I wouldn't want to use the VPN to phone in some bomb threat, that wouldn't even hide me 5 minutes from the feebs, but it's like an impenetrable shield for copyright troll lawyers. Smooth sailing for the last 13 or 14 years, for $3/month. I'd be shocked if anyone in the United States is still downloading stuff without a VPN. There are entire countries that don't have to worry about it, but none in Europe or North America where that is the case.
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  • Joel_Mckay 12d ago
    You do realize many VPN providers are run by intelligence contractors. =3
    • NoMoreNicksLeft 12d ago
      And? Are they going to commit treason and start snitching on me to Hollywood lawyers for shits and giggles? How would that play out do you think?
      • Joel_Mckay 12d ago
        It is not treason if it is a foreign group operating on foreign soil. This was an old Quid pro quo arrangement that predates the Patriot act. Have a nice day =3
        • NoMoreNicksLeft 9d ago
          And what do you think the Hollywood lawyers would have to offer in return for such favors? Looks pretty low-value from both sides. Maybe I need to dial up my narcissism a few notches to understand you, I'm just not that important enough to the folks who have the anti-vpn superpowers.