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		uabstraction on March 29, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: VPNs are not the solution to a policy problem Everyone has different needs. If you are a journalist building up a story against powerful adversaries, then you absolutely find a VPN provider in an impartial jurisdiction. If you are just trying to hide your browsing habits from your nosey ISP, torrent a couple movies, and latency matters at all to you, a local VPN is not a terrible choice.

brokenmachine on March 29, 2017 [–]

Fair point.

I'm not in the US, so the local advantages don't apply, only the three-letter agency illegal snooping disadvantages.

mirimir on March 29, 2017 | [–]

Well, the NSA has intercepts virtually everywhere. They're drowning in data.

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