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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @jgbtc 26 Apr \ parent \ on: Should we be concerned about JoinMarket? bitcoin
Good points. Do VPNs like Mullvad solve this? It seems like decentralized git alternatives are also necessary now.
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31 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xIlmari OP 26 Apr
No, they don't. Your privacy rests at the behest of the VPN company. Even Mullvad, who don't collect personal info from you, could be tracing your entry IP and hand over that information to the authorities.
Don't use VPNs for identity privacy!
VPNs are for:
  • working around Netflix's region-locked content
  • securing communication from eavesdroppers (content privacy)
And I don't get that one about Git alternatives. Git is perfectly decentralized, perhaps you meant GitHub?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jgbtc 26 Apr freebie
Thanks! Yeah, I meant GitHub.
I guess Satoshi is the ultimate example to aspire to. Whatever he did to remain pseudonymous seems to have worked.