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With the VPN thread I thought this video is worth the watch

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[–] pasci_lei@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The good old Gay Pirate Assassins. Great people.

[–] DarkTides@lemmy.fmhy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

The Gay Pirate Assassins should rule the world.

[–] Devi@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

I'm so glad he said it. I've always wondered why everyone claims they do things that they can't when there are genuinely good reasons for a VPN. Like just be honest and people will want them.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

Can I just say how refreshing it is to see this take on VPNs being normal on this community? I used to try to talk honestly about how unnecessary VPNs are for the vast majority on Reddit and I would always get downvoted. Even linking this video would get downvoted.

[–] Limelight3019@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago

Tom Scott makes great content.

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago

For info: the actual sponsor was going to be nordvpn.

[–] Sentinian@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago

One of my favorite tom Scott videos

[–] postscarce@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The only parts of this video that are relevant to piracy are: 1) does it prevent your ISP from seeing your traffic (it does), and 2) can you trust a VPN when they say they have a "no logging" policy (depends on the VPN but IMO there are several that can be trusted). The rest is just debunking false marketing claims about how VPNs improve your security or whatever.

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