King@r.nf to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoWhat the hell Proton!r.nfimagemessage-square237fedilinkarrow-up1725arrow-down179file-text
arrow-up1646arrow-down1imageWhat the hell Proton!r.nfKing@r.nf to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square237fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareOR3X@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 months agoI think the point they’re getting at Is that you can’t use a self-hosted vpn to hide your piracy activity because the link is registered to yourself.
minus-squarestephen01king@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·3 months agoYes, but this thread is about security while using public Wi-Fi, which the original comment was saying doesn’t require commercial VPNs.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoAnd I highly doubt people are pirating while on public wi-fi, the bandwidth just isn’t good enough, and even if it was, it would be a dick move to other public wi-fi users.
I think the point they’re getting at Is that you can’t use a self-hosted vpn to hide your piracy activity because the link is registered to yourself.
Yes, but this thread is about security while using public Wi-Fi, which the original comment was saying doesn’t require commercial VPNs.
And I highly doubt people are pirating while on public wi-fi, the bandwidth just isn’t good enough, and even if it was, it would be a dick move to other public wi-fi users.