Re: [PLUG] VPN anyone?

2016-02-01 Thread Vedanta Teacher
Bless you, That's why I love this group. Its the best, cheapest and most meaningful education one can receive. After much thought I've decided to set up a Bitcoin account (the Fed can go pound sand...) and use the people in Iceland. Any people brave enough to put bankers in prison deserve our

Re: [PLUG] VPN anyone?

2016-01-31 Thread Louis Kowolowski
Recently ran across this and thought it might be of interest. Comparison of various aspects of many Vpn services https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FJTvWT5RHFSYuEoFVpAeQjuQPU4BVzbOigT0xebxTOw/htmlview?usp=sharing=true Sent from my iPhone On Jan 3, 2016, at 10:06 PM, Russell Senior

Re: [PLUG] VPN anyone?

2016-01-03 Thread Mike C.
> I guess that's a question you have to answer for your self. No one > here is trying to sell you a VPN Service or for that matter even > trying to sell you on the idea of one. OP asked about it and I replied > w. some hopefully relevant and useful information. > > PLUG-TALK would be the

Re: [PLUG] VPN anyone?

2016-01-03 Thread Russell Senior
> "Mike" == Mike C writes: Mike> I recently learned about wifi routers from Thinkpenquin that has Mike> hardware that is Respect Your Freedom Certified and ships running Mike> LibreCMC. I'd also like to replace the proprietary BIOS Mike> w. Coreboot. Mike> Corporations

Re: [PLUG] VPN anyone?

2016-01-02 Thread Ishak Micheil
The issue I have is that you really have to trust the service providers to some extent. Additionally they don't provide details to the logic behind the dynamic of the connection. How often do they switch endpoints, QoS at each country endpoints connections speed etc. On Jan 2, 2016 9:15 AM, "Mike

Re: [PLUG] VPN anyone?

2016-01-02 Thread Russell Johnson
> On Jan 2, 2016, at 09:12, Mike C. wrote: > > Yes. A VPN Service Provider such as the ones reviewed here => > http://lifehacker.com/5759186/five-best-vpn-service-providers On StackSocial, there are several security VPN providers offering 2 year through lifetime

Re: [PLUG] VPN anyone?

2016-01-01 Thread Russell Johnson
I believe what the OP is talking about is a privacy VPN. There are several companies that are selling VPN services so that you can anonymize your connection. -Russ > On Jan 1, 2016, at 17:57, Ishak Micheil wrote: > > Unless I missed it above would you be willing to

Re: [PLUG] VPN anyone?

2016-01-01 Thread Louis Kowolowski
I’d suggest starting here (https://www.privacytools.io/) if any of your concerns about VPN are related to privacy. > On Dec 31, 2015, at 6:59 PM, Vedanta Teacher > wrote: > > Greetings, > > For the purposes of safety, security and anonymity I was thinking of >

Re: [PLUG] VPN anyone?

2016-01-01 Thread Neal
On Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 6:08 PM, Russell Johnson wrote: > I believe what the OP is talking about is a privacy VPN. There are several > companies that are selling VPN services so that you can anonymize your > connection. That's my belief too. I get the heebie jeebies thinking

Re: [PLUG] VPN anyone?

2016-01-01 Thread Ishak Micheil
Ah. Thanks for clarification Russ. On Jan 1, 2016 18:10, "Russell Johnson" wrote: > > I believe what the OP is talking about is a privacy VPN. There are several companies that are selling VPN services so that you can anonymize your connection. > > -Russ > > > On Jan 1, 2016, at

Re: [PLUG] VPN anyone?

2016-01-01 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 22:15:46 -0800 "John Bartley K7AAY j...@503bartley.com" dijo: >StackSocial.com has a $19/3 year offer for VPN Unlimited I found >irresistible. Their support techs were knowledgable, same-day >responsive, and nice. They have an abundance of non-Five

Re: [PLUG] VPN anyone?

2015-12-31 Thread Paul Heinlein
On Thu, 31 Dec 2015, Vedanta Teacher wrote: Greetings, For the purposes of safety, security and anonymity I was thinking of going to a VPN (I've already heard that ToR was hacked). Currently I'm on Ubuntu Unity 14.04 LTS. It was a bit of a headache to set up but seems to be working now and

Re: [PLUG] VPN anyone?

2015-12-31 Thread John Bartley K7AAY j...@503bartley.com
Vedanta Teacher wrote on 31 Dec 2015: >For the purposes of safety, security and anonymity I was thinking of going to a VPN Splendid idea! Recommend it to all my students in the Internet Security classes I teach at FreeGeek. >(I've already heard that ToR was hacked). Tor-delivered content can