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39.95 USD, not so appealing now.
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That's still cheap by the standards of many services, and PIA is one of the better ones. How much is your privacy worth?
You can also host your own VPN in a cloud server.
The advantages of this is you can use one of the large providers that have servers in Australia and get very decent speeds.
The downside is that it's a bit technical to set up.
https://www.webdigi.co.uk/blog/2015...ee-vpn-on-the-amazon-aws-cloud-in-10-minutes/
http://www.stormacq.com/build-a-private-vpn-server-on-amazons-ec2/
The advantages of this is you can use one of the large providers that have servers in Australia and get very decent speeds.
The downside is that it's a bit technical to set up.
https://www.webdigi.co.uk/blog/2015...ee-vpn-on-the-amazon-aws-cloud-in-10-minutes/
http://www.stormacq.com/build-a-private-vpn-server-on-amazons-ec2/
Christos57
Chris
if you are using a VPN then read this
http://arstechnica.com/security/201...illions-of-encrypted-web-and-vpn-connections/
no one has privacy any more. Big thank you to Edward Snowden for bring this to light
http://arstechnica.com/security/201...illions-of-encrypted-web-and-vpn-connections/
no one has privacy any more. Big thank you to Edward Snowden for bring this to light
A mate of mine in IT uses
https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/
https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/
Don't you still have to pay, say your optus provider, as well as the yearly fee to the VPN agent.
I'm not up with all this now and why is it we need to have such "secrets" if we have nothing to hide?
Jaros
I'm not up with all this now and why is it we need to have such "secrets" if we have nothing to hide?
Jaros
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Jaros said:
Yes, you still need to pay your normal internet fees.
What's your home address, phone numbers, bank card number, list of friends, and their numbers, internet search history ect.?Jaros said:I'm not up with all this now and why is it we need to have such "secrets" if we have nothing to hide?
Jaros
Or do you think someone might misuse that information ?
Government and law enforcement are made up of Humans.
Humans get emotional, vindictive, obsessive ect.
The less they know, the less they can twist to their advantage.
In Bendigo maybe a year or so ago there was a cop using police resources to stalk and harras his ex girlfriend.
Do you want people like that in positions of power to have complete access to all your activities?
Christos57
Chris
A VPN won't help with spyware built into the operating system
Here is an except from the new Windows EULA ( End User Licence Agreement)
"We will access, disclose and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails, other private communications or files in private folders), when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary to."
Another point of interest is that now some hackers are even writing code ( Spyware, redirectors etc.) to infect your modem/router
The only way around this is to "Air gap" all computers except for 1 that is open to the internet but even as I type this, the Israeli's have come up with a way to breach the air gaping of networks
Scary stuff
Here is an except from the new Windows EULA ( End User Licence Agreement)
"We will access, disclose and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails, other private communications or files in private folders), when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary to."
Another point of interest is that now some hackers are even writing code ( Spyware, redirectors etc.) to infect your modem/router
The only way around this is to "Air gap" all computers except for 1 that is open to the internet but even as I type this, the Israeli's have come up with a way to breach the air gaping of networks
Scary stuff
There is no way I have to agree to make it easy for someone to have access to the metadata for every site I visit, or the destination of my emails.
I personally believe that privacy is a fundamental right of all people. I also happen to believe that everyone is innocent until proven guilty. I disagree with a Government giving itself the right to collect any kind of data about my doings online or offline. They need a court warrant to listen in on my private, spoken conversations or my phone conversations. I believe nothing makes my online conversations different from this unless I chose to make them public (like here).
I also happen to disagree with the geoblocking policies of many businesses offering online content. I am happy to pay for content and I would like the option to access overseas paid content if I wish, which is currently geoblocked in Australia. In other cases the content is more expensive because the companies think they can get away with it. I disagree with the moral basis for this profiteering.
So I'm happy to cop the added cost of running a VPN and having a dedicated router that connects only through the VPN. Thus all my traffic, as far as the Government can see, goes from my IP address to the IP address of my VPN provider all of the time. If I'm connected to a wifi network with poor or unknown security I don't have to worry about them snooping on my passwords, etc.
If someone wishes to access the VPN provider's logs to work out what I'm doing, then they can go and get a court order and subpoena those logs. I also don't kid myself that any VPN provider exists who don't keep logs, no matter what they say.
I personally believe that privacy is a fundamental right of all people. I also happen to believe that everyone is innocent until proven guilty. I disagree with a Government giving itself the right to collect any kind of data about my doings online or offline. They need a court warrant to listen in on my private, spoken conversations or my phone conversations. I believe nothing makes my online conversations different from this unless I chose to make them public (like here).
I also happen to disagree with the geoblocking policies of many businesses offering online content. I am happy to pay for content and I would like the option to access overseas paid content if I wish, which is currently geoblocked in Australia. In other cases the content is more expensive because the companies think they can get away with it. I disagree with the moral basis for this profiteering.
So I'm happy to cop the added cost of running a VPN and having a dedicated router that connects only through the VPN. Thus all my traffic, as far as the Government can see, goes from my IP address to the IP address of my VPN provider all of the time. If I'm connected to a wifi network with poor or unknown security I don't have to worry about them snooping on my passwords, etc.
If someone wishes to access the VPN provider's logs to work out what I'm doing, then they can go and get a court order and subpoena those logs. I also don't kid myself that any VPN provider exists who don't keep logs, no matter what they say.
My main reason for saying what i said above was due to the fact that this is another expense that i shall incur and at the moment Mr.
Centrelink is supplying me with funds till i maybe will be fit enough to recommence work of some sort.
I don't want to create a hassle in this topic-if i have i apologise.
Jaros
Centrelink is supplying me with funds till i maybe will be fit enough to recommence work of some sort.
I don't want to create a hassle in this topic-if i have i apologise.
Jaros
Jaros said:My main reason for saying what i said above was due to the fact that this is another expense that i shall incur and at the moment Mr.
Centrelink is supplying me with funds till i maybe will be fit enough to recommence work of some sort.
I don't want to create a hassle in this topic-if i have i apologise.
Jaros
If in your opinion your doing nothing wrong and dont intend on ever becoming famous,politician ect.
Imagine the blackmail the government is going to do to people when they have enough dirt on them.
Then i wouldn't stress to much about it.
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Detrack said:Law Enforcement need a court order, Google been doing it for years with no court order
Not only Google, most sites on the internet keep various visitor details, browser type, ip address, rough locations, what sites they came from etc etc and it's even worse for any site that needs logging into. Facebook is another bad one!
