I have seen some people recommending windscribe VPN. So now I’m thinking about it. One thing I liked about it is you can set your own custom DNS. Which is a great plus point for me. So have any of you used it? How is it?

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    7 days ago

    I had an annual membership with them for $29. It’s worth it, but I ultimately went to Mullvad because their Washington D.C. server is actually Washington D.C., whereas the Windscribe D.C. server is actually Ashburn, Virginia. Virginia has been aggressively moving toward a Conservative view of the internet, whereas D.C. is much more liberal.

    I know, I know, Virginia voted liberal during the last presidential election, but the governor is the second coming of Donald Trump.

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      7 days ago

      Question about vpn … but virginia is conservative and jesus has a trump tramp stamp … dude … please stop making everything about fucking politics, please. Thank you.

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        7 days ago

        Currently, there are eight states that require you to show ID to access pornography. Virginia is one of those. There are currently seven other states that have introduced such laws. Of all those 15 states, none of them are liberal. All of them are Conservative.

        Why do I choose Washington D.C.? It’s the closest to me that’s not affected by ridiculous oversight, and my latency will stay relatively low.

        Is that “VPN-enough” for you, dummy?

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          6 days ago

          No. The question was technical. Not political. It does not even occur to you that you can explain something without bringing in mention of the political situation, does it?

          Does it do “the vpn thing” - yes or no.

          Does it record your data - yes or no.

          Does it log trafffic - yes or no.

          Is it stable - yes or no.

          Are there caveats - if yes, which?

          I take issue with mentioning the curent political landscape, because it is painfully obvious why we NEED vpn solutions in this day and age. You can flame me for it all you want. I want the discussion to be relevant. Not reddit-like.

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            6 days ago

            You realise that people with political opinions run these technical solutions right? See all the recent proton hubbub?

            “Please don’t mention the political landscape that is a painfully obvious reason why some people need VPN solutions” is a strange stance to have.

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        7 days ago

        Last time I checked its the politicians that try to censor and control the internet, pretty hard to avoid it.