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Comment Re:Cargo cult (Score 1) 235

At least two logical fallacies in that reply:

If it is not working, you are not doing it right.

False choice dilemma. There are far more explanations than that. I'm going to assume you're not actually lacking awareness of this so is comes out as some tainted advocacy for agile.

I really wonder what is so complicated in grasping that.

While this doesn't appear to be a critical platform in your response, lack of imagination is also a logical fallacy.

Comment Re:DIY VPN is not a solution... (Score 1) 134

If you want an encrypted connection with an exit point in country X, are you going to buy and pay for a server in country X?

Something like that, it's easy.

What about country Y?

Even easier than country X

How are you going to pay for and maintain those exit points anonymously?

Same way you pay for your commercial *anonymous* vpn, except that I have bit more control over things. And my vpn isn't some target for mass surveillance like a commercial vpn solution. And I can actually know that no logs means no logs, to an extent at least.

And anyway, if only you and maybe a few friends/family are using it, traffic analysis can make the VPN encryption pretty much useless.

That is a valid concern for a few people who have need for a vpn, but it's even easier to overcome that the trivial setup of the vpn to begin with. So if you happen to be among the vast minority of vpn users who need to disguise traffic patterns you have a ton of options when running DIY.

but also the anonymity that occurs when your traffic is mixed with thousands of other users.

Prove your anonymity. That is the point of DIY.

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