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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think the point they're getting at Is that you can't use a self-hosted vpn to hide your piracy activity because the link is registered to yourself.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, but this thread is about security while using public Wi-Fi, which the original comment was saying doesn't require commercial VPNs.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 2 points 1 month ago

And I highly doubt people are pirating while on public wi-fi, the bandwidth just isn't good enough, and even if it was, it would be a dick move to other public wi-fi users.