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Being a customer to a VPN service isn't a crime. Why are people paranoid about paying for a legal service?

• chc 14y ago
  I can't tell if you're being obtuse or naive, but the implication here is that you're going to use them to less-than-legal ends. The link at the beginning of the article is to a guy facing 15 years for hacking Sony. For another example that would be familiar to readers of the OP site, many US ISPs are now inspecting their customers' traffic to look out for media piracy, and a VPN is the obvious way to circumvent that.
  • kmkemp 14y ago
    No, I'm being completely serious. VPN's are a legitimate service with legitimate uses. Anonymity has merit even if you are 100% legal. I can't imagine someone being convicted of a crime based on only their participation with a VPN service. Sure, you are still trusting a 3rd party to do what it is they say that they will, but I don't see why people care if the government or whoever knows that they use a VPN service. Hell, I use one for work and I don't expect that the government will be knocking on my door because of it.
    • chc 14y ago
      You're arguing with something nobody ever said. The point isn't that using an anonymous VPN is a crime, but that people who use an anonymous/private VPN are more likely to have something to hide, which means you'll find a lot of people committing crime there.
      • kmkemp 14y ago
        There is ample discussion on this page regarding the anonymous subscription option of bitcoins. The post I responded to claims: "Reality check: if your credit card details are visible to a third party - you're not anonymous." But that's missing the point since keeping the users' activity anonymous is what matters... not that they are customers.