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9dnguy t1_j6i20cl wrote

Reply to comment by tejanaqkilica in LPT: Opera has a built-in free VPN by ssossotte

> LPT2: Don't use Opera as your browser at all.

Why the 2nd LPT? What's wrong with using Opera in general?

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tejanaqkilica t1_j6i3l0j wrote

There is no real reason to use Opera.

It's just another Chromium based web browser which is owned by a Chinese company.

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9dnguy t1_j6i3ve6 wrote

> which is owned by a Chinese company.

I had no idea. Thanks for pointing that out.
Makes this LPT totally moot.

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tejanaqkilica t1_j6i4ghr wrote

Yeah, Opera was sold to Chinese consortium 5-6 years ago. Most if not all of the dev team left the company and they founded Vivaldi.

Opera is Opera in nothing but name at this point.

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huggarn t1_j6i5eau wrote

you do not, ever, under any circumstance use ANY FREE VPN services. Thank you. Also 90% of all VPN are owned by 23 chinese companies.

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9dnguy t1_j6i6bpy wrote

Thanks again for that tidbit :)

So what's a good VPN? Where I don't sacrifice my privacy away.

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huggarn t1_j6i6z2c wrote

self hosted OpenVPN. You can host it on AWS, behind your home router, really anywhere. On top of that you add PiHole and enjoy internet free of ads and annoyances.

You can also use things that are heavily marketed for a few years already like Nord, Surf. unless you're trying to run darknet drug market should be fine. These are convinient, as long as they're not owned by chinese company you shall be fine.

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tim36272 t1_j6iaqoy wrote

>self hosted OpenVPN

WireGuard is infinitely easier to configure nowadays.

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9dnguy t1_j6i9b0w wrote

I guess I'd have to read up a little bit. But the knowledge will be worth it.
Good Tip. Tips Hat :)

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huggarn t1_j6i9mcu wrote

thing is , you don't really need vpn, unless you're going to sit at MCD on their "free" wifi and do work related stuff, or banking for that matter.

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9dnguy t1_j6ib7qo wrote

Yeah I guess, except for some specific times and specific reasons I guess.

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windyx t1_j6ib0zx wrote

ProtonVPN is based in Switzerland and banned in China. Do with this information what you will.

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Minkowski-Butterfly t1_j6immtz wrote

You can do so, if your only goal is a different IP geolocation and you don't care about your data. But yeah, I wouldn't recommend it

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huggarn t1_j6ivoj6 wrote

meanwhile *proxy continues to exist, forever forgotten*

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Minkowski-Butterfly t1_j6j3qih wrote

Of course a proxy will suffice, but most people using a VPN to watch some show dont even know what it is

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