• merde alors@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    let’s say that VPNs are compromised and “they” know that you’re downloading “illegally”

    in order to prosecute, “they” have to prove you’re a pirate and show how they know

    would they compromise their backDoor to go after a tiny pirate?

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        2 months ago

        This is why I compose all my messages on an air gapped computer and send them out from my compound with couriers.

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        2 months ago

        Will they collect data on you to profile you and your activities and use that in the future? Yes.

        And that’s why the only thing I use my VPN for is piracy. Don’t really have a good reason to push anything else through it.

          • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            2 months ago

            yeah, and? What are they going to do? Send the DEA after you for growing GMO titties? Gonna hit you with the ATF because you grew hormonally altered facial hair?

            They’ve got shit like fentanyl to be worrying about. I think this is probably the least of concerns, especially considering this is less “drug addiction” and more “illegal prescription drugs” instead. Besides, they don’t get drug money from trans people.

            It’s certainly a potential risk for procurement of the drug legally. But that’s already a problem.

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      2 months ago

      in order to prosecute, “they” have to prove you’re a pirate and show how they know

      would they compromise their backDoor to go after a tiny pirate?

      this information isn’t likely to be public after the fact.