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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Best jurisdiction for exit nodes? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I was wondering, which country's exit nodes (VPN) do you use and why? Are some countries better than others (in terms of jurisdiction and laws, not latency)?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

blacklist: Afghanistan, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, hungary, iran, israel, japan, Italy, both Koreas, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Peru, Russia, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Syria, Ukraine, UAE, UK, USA, Yemen

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Why?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'd like to hear the reasoning behind this list.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

i mainly choose countries with strong dmca laws, anti-piracy, and authoritian regimes that might have some global influence and actual internet infrastructure