[ale] VPN

[Jim Ransone]

I tried that once, but too many trees here to get clear reception.

On Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 7:55 PM Bob via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

>
> Hi Jim,
>
> You can get some tv over the air.  It's probably a lot more private than
> any other method (provided you block the tuner from accessing the web).
>
> --Bob
>
> On 2020-09-30 7:48 p.m., Jim Ransone via Ale wrote:
> > Thanks for the info. I don't play any video games, so I guess latency is
> > not anything I need to worry about. We have cable internet and have daily
> > interruptions (or maybe they are just extreme slowdowns, but the result
> is
> > the same) in our signal that drive my wife crazy. I read that the cable
> > company will throttle people who stream video instead of paying for cable
> > tv and that a VPN can thwart that. Anyone ever heard of that?
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 7:03 PM Chris Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> They are going to slow down your Internet speeds because your first hop
> >> from your VPN public IP is after the DC where the VPN terminates.
> Privacy
> >> requires trust of the VPN provider too.  You trust the VPN provider more
> >> than Comcast?  For streaming you don't require low latency as much as
> you
> >> require low jitter.  It's okay if the packets come slow, but they need
> to
> >> arrive at the same slow rate.   For video games you need as little
> latency
> >> as possible.  A VPN could cause a problem there.  Based on privacy
> >> concerns, I imagine you'll want string encryption.  You'll want a
> service
> >> that can de/encrypt very fast.
> >>
> >> VPNs can come at a benefit.  I wanted to watch the REAL BBC, now BBCA.
> I
> >> created a VM at DigitalOcean in London, and created a router device
> using a
> >> BeagleBone Black that would use OpenVPN to make any device connected to
> its
> >> AP appear as if it were in London.  This worked well for a while, but it
> >> was a pain maintaining the BBC app on Android since that was needed to
> >> start Chomecast streaming.  I abandoned the idea months later.
> >> Occasionally, I will fire up the VPN connection on my home router so
> that
> >> we get Internet access from London.  I then wait for people in tthe
> hose to
> >> say something.  Google has changed, NetFlix has changed, etc.  Since I
> was
> >> using a VM inside of a DC in LON, NetFlix did not have the address
> listed
> >> as a "typical VPN provider".  As far as NetFLix was concerned, I was in
> >> London.
> >>
> >> My BBB AP router device also did TOR.  How can we truly trust any TOR
> exit
> >> node?
> >>
> >> IPVanish offers speeds up to 50M at aroud $10/mon.
> >> ------------------------------
> >> *From:* Ale <ale-bounces at ale.org> on behalf of Jim Ransone via Ale <
> >> ale at ale.org>
> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 30, 2020 5:33 PM
> >> *To:* ale at ale.org <ale at ale.org>
> >> *Subject:* [ale] VPN
> >>
> >> My apologies if this has already been discussed. What do you all think
> >> about VPN's? Do they slow down your internet speed? Are they worth it
> >> for the privacy/security?
> >>
> >> Jim
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