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

Tom Scott makes great content.

pasci_lei
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31Y

The good old Gay Pirate Assassins. Great people.

The Gay Pirate Assassins should rule the world.

Devi
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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.

@Sentinian@lemmy.one
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31Y

One of my favorite tom Scott videos

@bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
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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.

Cevilia (she/they/…)
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For info: the actual sponsor was <edit>reportedly</edit> going to be nordvpn.

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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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The newest hype recently are services that supposedly help you remove your personal info from data brokers. It makes me wonder why all of a sudden a lot of companies are clamoring to “help” you remove all your data from all these supposed databases.

@buckykat@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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Just give me your name, credit card number, date of birth, first pet’s name and mother’s maiden name and I’ll make sure nobody has those.

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