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I'm now starting to take web privacy / anonymity more seriously these days. Can anyone recommend a VPN service? I'm mostly looking for web, torrent and Usenet etc. anonymity.

einonm · Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 11:16 am Post subject:

AFAIK, VPN is for connecting to a particular network (like an office network), and allowing your computer access to that network as if it was physically plugged into the network at the office location.

If this is what you are thinking of using it for, VPN is not of any use for anonymous web surfing.

I think what you're really after is something like TOR -

https://www.torproject.org/
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MartyBartfast · Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 1:45 pm Post subject:

There are also VPN services on the internet, you establish a VPN to them and then all traffic from your PC is encrypted, supposedly giving you anonymity and encrypted secrecy. HOWEVER it has been speculated that many of the VPN services out there are honey pots being run by various government agencies so that they can more easily see what you're up to. Of course if you've nothing to hide you've nothing to fear Shocked

Tin foil hats on everyone Confused

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stargateuser · Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 9:15 am Post subject:

alanwade · Guest

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towy71 · Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 1:07 pm Post subject:

alanwade Is this spam??
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nelz · Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 2:33 pm Post subject:

It walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and reads like the output from a translation engine Sad

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