I’ve never had an issue pirating anything with Mullvad.

I don’t think many people here use Brave Browser because of their crypto referral program, but they’ve made strides at mitigating fingerprinting. I use Brave Browser on my PC and Android and never had an issue.

Is that what you do here? You can’t have a conversation and just threaten a ban when having a civil conversation? You can see from my post history that I’ve been nothing but cordial in any discussion I have. If banning someone during a civil conversation is your “win”, then go ahead.

If you don’t have a VPN, it’s time to fire one up. I’d suggest Mullvad or Windscribe.

That’s the best free option, and possibly best option overall. I’ve been with them for about five years now and it’s been great.

If someone is using Firefox, they’ve likely already moved on from Chrome at some point.

While we have a presidential cabinet doing their best to get rid of any department maintaining these viruses. . . I’m not blaming them for the outbreak, but I will blame them when it becomes a frequent issue across the country again.

Sure, I concede. I don’t think of Linux because I don’t use it often, but I understand.

VLC may go down as the greatest FOSS product in history. They’ve stated their mission since the beginning and 20 years later, are still flying that route. It’s unbelievable how much money they’ve turned down to remain on their original mission.

I never stated they had no merit. What I did state was that they should be endorsed based on their merit and not a headline pushing them because of their transition.

I’d be willing to bet that most trans would rather be known by their merit and not clouted in a headline based on their transition.

I wish I’d known about them earlier. Their services look awesome. Are there any alternatives that you know about?

I’d assume Sweden after the Swedish government stated they wanted backdoor access to Signal.

I was on the verge of deleting everything online, including my email address, because I’m with you, but at what point does the privacy movement start intruding on enjoyment of daily activity. I’ve accepted that my information will be had in exchange for a good product.

It’s not exactly how I want to operate, but also, life is too short. Ultimately, I’m on the verge of using Mullvad Browser, Mullvad VPN, and probably getting my email hosted out of some small shared hosting platform somewhere.

I think about this type of stuff daily and it’s just exhausting. The Internet has transformed into what we’d hoped it wouldn’t over the past five years.

Posteo.de has email, contacts, and calendar. You can use Filen.io for cloud storage.

Posteo.de is E2EE. It’s $12 per year for email, calendar, and contacts.

Can we please elect our representatives based on merit and not headlines pointing toward them being in a minority?

You’re not posting to play Devil’s advocate in a civil discussion. You’re trolling. You’re being disingenuous, at best. We can see your past post history.

I feel bad for the child that was born to such idiotic parents.

Sure, add it, but good luck logging in a RAM only setup. We’re talking semantics because frankly, it doesn’t currently affect Mullvad. If it does, we’ll have to worry about it then.

Unfortunately, I have seen some CEO’s that will refuse employees using anything other than major services, like Google, Apple, etc.

I did see one specifically mention he will not interview anyone with a Proton email address because it wasn’t considered “professional”.

It’s certainly ridiculous, but big business is ridiculous.