2194 sats \ 11 replies \ @Natalia 30 Aug 2023 \ on: Should I use VPN? tech
Yes, it is a must - use Mullvad, even better pay it with Lightning: https://vpn.sovereign.engineering/
But VPN is only a part of the setup if you truly value privacy.
Doesn't it create some kind of risk that a third party out of Mullvad could know our id code ?
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Good point, waiting for techies to comment on this.
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What I'm thinkin about is that this trusted third party could sell more than once this id code, and then you could end up being associated with the web activity of criminals.
Even if Mullvad is pseudonymous and don't register users activity we have to trust them for that, and maybe that some big spying entity could still have access to Mullvad servers and wrongly associate our navigation with the one from criminals.
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I understand, and I looked at who made this tool before, and he seems decent. But yep, don't trust, verify.
Also if they are selling my ID to others, I would know because each configuration has its key and shows the created time. 👀
Maybe use the Bitcoin payment within Mullvad if you are worried about the risk.
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hum interesting so risks are even lower that what I thought cause you can see that your key has been generated at the good time, ok thanks
Yep I'm paying on-chain within Mullvad :)
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After you pointed this out to me, I learned a way to against this risk - so you can actually purchase a voucher there and then redeem the voucher without even giving away the account number.
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Interesting, never heard of Mullvad before, how are the speeds there?
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The speed is fine, as I have been nomading with it, and no issues so far - It has many locations for you to choose from.
Also:
- No account registration is needed
- Flat pricing ( 5 euro per month )
- Can be used on up to five devices
- Configuration files compatible with Wireguard app
I haven't found anything I don't like about it 😂
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- no upselling: it's always 5 euro per month
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so I'm gonna try with my ancient openwrt router, then :)
https://mullvad.net/pl/help/openwrt-routers-and-mullvad-vpn/
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Downloading linux image files over torrents on Mullvad gives around 60MB/s down.
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