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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] About to have fiber internet and need VPN info
Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2022 10:59:36
Message-Id: 010b5be7-eb21-d6ed-0f87-7db61a322b2e@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] About to have fiber internet and need VPN info by Michael
1 Michael wrote:
2 > On Saturday, 6 August 2022 07:07:26 BST Dale wrote:
3 >
4 >> Well, that settles that then. I guess it will be Surfshark. Pretty
5 >> sure it is in the Netherlands but may be wrong on country. I just
6 >> recall it being outside US jurisdiction. I also read they have been
7 >> audited by independent people to ensure they have no logs even if asked.
8 > Surfshark gets good reviews and it offers the wireguard protocol with the
9 > ChaCha20 cipher for better encryption and performance. However, the
10 > Netherlands is part of the EU and 14 eyes, so I would think similar state
11 > powers exist to access your private communications and the ISPs would have no
12 > way of refusing and staying in business. Surfshark offers a warrant canary,
13 > but it looks more like a marketing statement to me when you compare it to
14 > something like the Qubes digitally signed canaries.
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17 I forgot about the 14 eyes thing.  Do you know of one outside that that
18 is good?  The bad thing about most, they are pricey if done by the month
19 for testing.  You only get a good deal if you subscribe for a year or
20 even two years.  I don't want to subscribe and then find out it is a bad
21 one. 
22
23 Dale
24
25 :-)  :-) 

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