![]() This is correct, and although this was a deliberate decision, I do understand the criticism. Some folks raised concerns that while I spend lots of words on explaining why using VPNs can be misleading, I did not provide alternatives to educate people on what they could do instead.This is by no means a resolution to the dilemma of choosing which party you trust the most, but it may be something to keep in mind. ![]() Generally speaking, though, I stand by what I wrote earlier: While ISPs might be the easier targets to dislike, they actually do have a lot more to lose than anonymous, overseas VPN companies. While it is a terrible situation when you have to Opt-Out first, I need to do more research on this point, because I do not like writing stuff without solid knowledge. ![]() What I gathered so far is that while it is legal for ISPs to collect some connection data, they have to provide their customers with legally-binding Opt-Out mechanisms. I am still working through lots of information I received, and since I am not familiar with US contracts and US laws, which will take me a while. Because of that, I may have given that point not enough weight. Although I used the top 3000 US domain list for my statistic, I am not living in North America, and in most European countries, ISPs acting as US ISPs did would be conducting illegal behavior. I received a lot of feedback from North American people explaining they have zero confidence in their ISPs, and some provided me with references of current legislature and previous data collection scandals with large ISPs.I added commercial VPNs as an additional valid use-case, and I am sorry for the confusion this may have caused. While I thought this post was clearly only addressing commercial VPNs, I have received multiple messages from people who got concerned about their company’s VPN, for example. In my list of valid use-cases for VPNs, earlier versions of this article missed the very thing VPNs were initially designed for: accessing private networks and resources within those networks.I reworded the introduction point and expanded the end a bit so that it is clear that VPNs can be used as one of many tools to help your privacy if you know how to use that tool. Writing this was a mistake, especially since I contradicted myself later in this article. An earlier version of this post’s introduction claimed that VPNs “do absolutely nothing” for your privacy. ![]() With the feedback I received throughout the day, I made some changes to the article, and I would like to add some additional points. So, thank you very much to all of you who took the time to raise questions or provide feedback in a friendly manner. Since this article blew up in certain parts of the internet, I received more feedback than I could ever individually respond to. Aug 29 23:28:00 vpnserver1: Server_IP:61734 TLS: Initial packet from Server_IP:61734 (via Client_IP%vlan2), sid=8df2bbd8 705f90d1Īug 29 23:28:01 vpnserver1: Server_IP:61734 VERIFY OK: depth=1, C=TW, ST=TW, L=Taipei, O=ASUS, CN=RT-AC68U, 29 23:28:01 vpnserver1: Server_IP:61734 VERIFY OK: depth=0, C=TW, ST=TW, L=Taipei, O=ASUS, CN=client, 29 23:28:01 vpnserver1: Server_IP:61734 PLUGIN_CALL: POST /usr/lib/openvpn-plugin-auth-pam.so/PLUGIN_AUTH_USER_PASS_VERIFY status=1Īug 29 23:28:01 vpnserver1: Server_IP:61734 PLUGIN_CALL: plugin function PLUGIN_AUTH_USER_PASS_VERIFY failed with status 1: /usr/lib/openvpn-plugin-auth-pam.soĪug 29 23:28:01 vpnserver1: Server_IP:61734 TLS Auth Error: Auth Username/Password verification failed for peerĪug 29 23:28:01 vpnserver1: Server_IP:61734 Control Channel: TLSv1, cipher TLSv1/SSLv3 EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA, 1024 bit RSAĪug 29 23:28:01 vpnserver1: Server_IP:61734 Peer Connection Initiated with Server_IP:61734 (via Client_IP%vlan2)Īug 29 23:28:01 vpnserver1: Server_IP:61734 PUSH: Received control message: 'PUSH_REQUEST'Īug 29 23:28:01 vpnserver1: Server_IP:61734 Delayed exit in 5 secondsĪug 29 23:28:01 vpnserver1: Server_IP:61734 SENT CONTROL : 'AUTH_FAILED' (status=1)Īug 29 23:28:06 vpnserver1: Server_IP:61734 SIGTERM received, client-instance exitingĪug 29 23:28:27 vpnserver1: event_wait : Interrupted system call (code=4)Īug 29 23:28:27 vpnserver1: /sbin/route del -net 10.8.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0Īug 29 23:28:27 vpnserver1: Closing TUN/TAP interfaceĪug 29 23:28:27 vpnserver1: /sbin/ifconfig tun21 0.0.0.0Īug 29 23:28:27 vpnserver1: PLUGIN_CLOSE: /usr/lib/openvpn-plugin-auth-pam.Not everyone wants to sit there all day sifting through articles and configuring something that could be made a lot easier to set up and a lot less redundant Amendments and Corrections ![]()
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