StephenTallentyre

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Wondering if using ProtonVPN in a VPN chain is an issue. in c/protonprivacy@lemmy.world
Wondering if using ProtonVPN in a VPN chain is an issue. in c/protonprivacy@lemmy.world
[–] StephenTallentyre@lemmy.today 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

If you are worried about traffic correlation analysis, then yes 2 VPNs will help.

I am trying to obfuscate my traffic fingerprint as much as possible, yes.

The outer VPN is the one where you have increased traffic due to 2 VPNs.

So, does it (roughly) just double the amount of traffic by adding the second one, or…?

 

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I'm not sure why I was downvoted. Advanced traffic analysis techniques already exist. I can only imagine that as soon as methods sufficient to fingerprint innocuous use of the clearnet at significant scale become feasible, that is exactly what will happen. I see nothing inherently irrational about having a threat model that makes some reasonable attempt to account for that.

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Wondering if using ProtonVPN in a VPN chain is an issue. (lemmy.today)
 

Pretty much what the title says. I have a subscription to Proton as well as Mullvad. I've ordered a router and I plan on running Proton on the router and Mullvad on the device I'm using, or vice versa. I would just like to know with absolute certainty that doing this won't somehow put my Proton account at risk, before I actually do it; I rely on my Proton account for a lot of things. I know there are automated systems in place that detect abuse, especially with respect to DDoS and whatnot. I do not do anything related to DDoS or anything similar, so my account will never be flagged for anything of that nature correctly. I really can't see how/why daisy chaining with another VPN could reasonably be construed as an abuse of the service, but I actually do worry about that in all honesty, whether or not I should. If there's any way something like that might happen, I'll abandon the idea as it would concern my Proton account and figure some other means of accomplishing this. Thanks.

The fourth trimester in c/aww@lemmy.world
What could your distro learn from another distro? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] StephenTallentyre@lemmy.today 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Everything from each other. Almost no distro will ever be extremely effective at doing anything that is literally impossible on any other distro.

I got hit by a car today! in c/casualconversation@lemmy.world
[–] StephenTallentyre@lemmy.today 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Well, I'm sorry about the travesty called the United States "'healthcare' 'system'" and waiting around, and I'm actually not being at all sarcastic when I say that, sadly. I do a lot of waiting around myself, for the same reason. I have chronic pain and I already rely on acetaminophen and ibuprofen because of that, and if I'd ended up with the exact same injury, I would've needed something stronger than Tylenol III and more than a few of them. I'm really sorry they did that to you; that's literally cruel, I think. You don't have chronic pain; you have acute pain because you got hit by a car. I'd think they'd understand that and/or care.

EDIT: let me rephrase something, sorry. I don't know if you have chronic pain or not, and I'm not trying to speculate. The point I was trying to make is that you got hit by a car, and that they should treating you with compassion instead of functionally punishing you for everything the driver did wrong. I already know I'm gonna get downvoted for saying that and I already don't care. I'm really sorry this is happening to you.

What's a piece of advice you've received that has stuck with you? in c/casualconversation@lemmy.world
[–] StephenTallentyre@lemmy.today 1 points 6 months ago

Here's a rule of life: You don't get to pick what bad things happen to you.

I got hit by a car today! in c/casualconversation@lemmy.world
[–] StephenTallentyre@lemmy.today 1 points 6 months ago (3 children)

How are you doing now, OP?