Bored. Really tired, but bored.
Checking out VPN Gate.
VPN Gate is a University of Tsukuba, Japan, project involving public Virtual Private Network servers.
I'm not too clear on how any of this works and I really don't care.
What interests me is the anonymity factor for 'everyday browsing' (ie where your ID's masked, even though you ultimately remain traceable). I think. I have no technical knowledge. That's just my understanding.
Not sure if this is worth the bother. Right now, I feel like I'm over information. I think I'm over it. Either that, or I'm just tired and depressed.
I've already hit a hurdle with the VPN Gate. It doesn't look like Linux OS is supported.
Went to VPN Gate's forum. Forum user has posted link to VPN services.
The first service I looked at looks sh*t. Paid service, I'd say, as it wants all your details.
NordVPN is based in Panama, one of the small list of countries that has no data retention laws. This means the government cannot legally ask services on the Internet to hand over information on their users, allowing the VPN service to have a no-logging policy.
But it's a paid service and I think I let my bank account lapse a while back, so I think I'll keep looking.
Malaysia is somewhere else where they don't have demands for VPN user data:
"... based in Malaysia, simply because the government does not have any laws that allow them to take information from VPN users." [source]
UK, US and Germany do not allow file sharing on P2P (peer to peer) servers ... whatever they are.
P2P make a portion of PC resources available to others in peer-to-peer network of 'nodes', says Wikipedia. Nodes are devices (PC or other) in a larger network of what looks like information hook-ups.
It looks like you just use different servers to bypass the restrictions:
P2P/Torrent
P2P is available on most Hide.me servers, although the UK, Germany and US servers do not allow filesharing applications. Users will be able to move between servers to get onto P2P and there is servers in Canada for US users and plenty of servers in Europe, most of them offering P2P services. [source]
I really don't care about that, as I'm not planning on sharing anything. LOL ... I'm not good at sharing anything.
That's another paid service.
ibVPN offers 6 hour free sign-up. I'm bored, but not that bored.
Windscribe have got a freebie service. Wonder there's some catch like going through all the hassle of signing up, only to get hit with having to upgrade?
"... increased global surveillance of ordinary citizens makes it an indispensable product for today's Internet user" [source]
They've got some scheme going, where you get paid in bitcoin if you get ppl to sign up. I don't even have a bank account any longer, so I think I'd have a problem there. LOL
There is a freebie component with a 10 gig limit, which would probably do me.
Sounds OK so far:
"What are these tools?
There are 2 components: desktop VPN application, and browser extension. You can use them on their own, but for much greater protection, you should use both.
How much does Windscribe cost?
If you are a light user, you can use Windscribe for free. You get up to 10GB of data per month, and you can use all of the tools we offer.
What does the desktop application do?
The desktop application is a Virtual Private Network (VPN) client. It creates an encrypted tunnel from your computer to our servers, and all your activity is sent through the tunnel. This has 2 advantages:
1. Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) IP address is masked ...
2. Your Internet Service Provider cannot see what you do online. This is much more important than you think.
browser extension provides a "Lite" VPN client, which does the same thing as the desktop one, but only in your browser. Any other applications you may be using on your computer will utilize your ISP provided IP address." [source]
They're making me nervous. I don't like the sound of the 'much more important than you think' part.
It's a Canada-based company and you stand to gain 90% anonymity. Which is better than none. But Canada's just another Western totalitarian state. Even so, it sounds good ... so far.
"OpenVPN is available in repositories of most open source operating systems .."
A bonus, as it should be more secure. Not sure where this fits in.
Algeria blocked social media on the 19th of June.
Think I've had enough of this for now.
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