Does anyone here use a VPN?

I understand VPN technology and how it works, and the benefits it offers in terms of privacy and security. But should it be considered a necessity for anyone who spends most of their time posting wrongthink on Szechuan calligraphy boards? What about things that go further, like googling for and reading instructions to make improvised weapons and bombs? Or posting "hatespeech" in the comments of normie websites? How likely is it actually that someone could get V& for this shit, or at the very least be put on some kind of list to prevent them from buying guns or flying?

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It's generally good practice but don't count on them actually protecting you if you're planning on being a retard and doing something illegal.

Normiefag websites google/facebook/youtube keep extensive logs on their users.

A VPN will help hide your activity from your ISP and someone intercepting your packets but it's not going to protect you from the law. The time will come when the alphabet agencies have real legal access to all private company logs.

They've likely got access to it all anyway but anything they've gathered clandestinely is difficult to build a legal case with.

You should never enter, "How to make a bomb" into google. That is the kind of shit that puts you straight on a list. If you even have to ask that question then don't even pretend like you have enough mental agency to build a bomb let alone pull off a successful attack.

In terms of protecting yourself, I would say that is a relationship that you have between the person providing the VPN technology. For example, would you use a VPN that was run by the Israeli government who promises you that they don't log your activities? I would say that you could google some of the PRISMbreak slides from Snowden's leaks and see which VPNs they hate (I think theres a Euro based one called TwilightVPN or something).

Also you have to remember that there are other methods of figuring out who you are without needing to do deep packet inspection. If you browse pizza over TOR on your uni network, then you can be sure you're going to be one of a handful of people browsing TOR at any one moment so you can get caught with traffic analysis and not DPI.

Whatever, Rabbi. You should all enter "how to make a bomb" into Jewgle. It's called noise. These fucking kikes are counting on the wool-eyed believers to do everything they say, and that helps them suss out their undesirables. Like all of us here.

There should be noise plugins, so that every link you click Jewgle's some red-flag bullshit. This was the best discussed method to shutting down the NSA.

The NSA literally only works because faggots like you refuse to Jewgle shit that should be 100% Jewglable without causing the Jews to Oy Vey Anuddah Shoah[TM]. The NSA would be sitting on an infinite pile of shit if you faggots did this.

But no. Listen to the saging-Jew. Use only Jew-approved topics of research. Read only Jew-approved literature. Use only Jew-approved mathematics. Never become smart enough to form, let alone test, your own hypotheses.

Stay kosher.

I laughed hard. I've never seen a more 'hello FBI' post than this one. Let me guess, I should do that on Win10 by asking Cortana to use Edge to browse Google, amirite?

M8 you're posting on Holla Forums, you're already on every fucking list.

Retard.

You can search for things securely or you can be a retard about it.

Remember everything about your device gets fingerprinted and this can be used for cross-referencing.

Let's say you're logged into to a google account. And you log out before you conduct your search but you're still using the same broser and IP. They're going to know it's from the same device.

Sorry NEETs, I don't know what they've been feeding you over on 4chan but you're not on a governmental list unless you post shit like "I'm going to kill the president". Then your information might go to the appropriate agency if they were made aware of it. Why do I argue with people that know actually nothing though?

I work in infosec fyi.

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If you're worried about security, the easiest solution is to keep an air gap between your shitposting computer and your normie computer.
Buy an old laptop and only ever connect it to public wifi networks. Keep it in a foil bag the rest of the time and don't store any personal data on it.