T-mobile censored my internet last night. Is this happening to anyone else?
AMA 😂
@e83b66a8ed2d37c07d1abea6e1b000a15549c69508fa4c5875556d52b0526c2b They were blocking my attempts to connect to Nordvpn servers as well.
@e83b66a8ed2d37c07d1abea6e1b000a15549c69508fa4c5875556d52b0526c2b Do you know of any VPN providers based and incorporated out of Russia, Belarus, North Korea, Iran, or China? I don't think there'd be many, if any, but those are the only nations I know the US hasn't completely subverted.
I think you'll find this a better solution, because there is no company involved, no fiat and no data centres in this service, it is peer to peer.
@e83b66a8ed2d37c07d1abea6e1b000a15549c69508fa4c5875556d52b0526c2b What sort of protections do you have against a state actor compromising enough nodes to track traffic through the peer network? TOR has been compromised in this way in the past.
If they want to run nodes, then they can capture some of the traffic for sure.
Tor is free to use and a much easier proposition, but still reports of its compromise have been vastly exaggerated.
If you prefer centralised companies, then this is an option:
https://letsvpn.world/?hl=en
I would suggest, however, that the ability for a government to capture a single company is significantly easier than a decentralised network.
They have managed most of the large tech companies, smaller VPN providers are child's play by comparison.
There is a third option, which is a Tor like service run by two separate VPN providers, Obscura and Mullvad.
Obscura sits in the middle of Mullvad and so neither operator know both the source and destination of the traffic they handle.
Obscura is only available as a Mac download currently, but it is open and you can implement their solution on Wireguard:
https://mullvad.net/en/blog/mullvad-partnered-with-obscura-vpn
https://obscura.net/
@e83b66a8ed2d37c07d1abea6e1b000a15549c69508fa4c5875556d52b0526c2b Thank you for the excellent information. I'll do some more research on MysteriumDark. I'm not familiar with crypto, but it looks like it's time for me to start learning.
It's amazing what government over reach can inspire you to learn 😂
@e83b66a8ed2d37c07d1abea6e1b000a15549c69508fa4c5875556d52b0526c2b @RegalBeagle
I suspect that the government still knows who you are even when you use a VPN. They probablyj told the VPN companies that they will be arrrested if they do not provide a back door to Israel. They then let people think they are secure so that they would do stuff they would not otherwise do and then get caught by Israel
@shortstories @e83b66a8ed2d37c07d1abea6e1b000a15549c69508fa4c5875556d52b0526c2b I'm under no illusion that a US-based VPN isn't working hand in hand with the feds. They'll keep you from getting DMCA notices and prevent coffee shops from skimming your credit card info but that's about it.
