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)?

  • DeepChill@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    8 months ago

    Look into Romania, Poland, Switzerland and Luxembourg. All good choices. Strong privacy laws and lenient copyright laws. Not part of 5, 9 or 14 eyes either.

  • Matt@lemmy.ml
    3·
    8 months ago
    • For piracy: Slavic countries
      • They mostly don’t give a fuck about what you download. Just don’t share the stuff forward.
      • AVOID THE US/UK AND DACH COUNTRIES AT ALL COSTS for this if you don’t want get DMCA letter.
    • For privacy: Any country in the EU/EEA or Switzerland.
      • Avoid the 5-eyes group (US/UK/Canada/Australia/New Zealand) whenever you can.

    Also, set up Tailscale with cheap VPS’ to use as exit nodes.

    • N0x0n@lemmy.ml
      2·
      8 months ago

      They mostly don’t give a fuck about what you download. Just don’t share the stuff forward.

      That’s a no go in the P2P community. Leeching is bad for the whole network and for everyone else. Especially on public torrents.

      • Matt@lemmy.ml
        1·
        8 months ago

        I meant that in a way that you are exposing too much with your collection.

      • _cryptagion [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        11·
        8 months ago

        Only if you’re talking about torrents. Most visual media can be easily found on Usenet, and there’s no such thing as leeching.

        The only thing I ever use torrents for anymore is books, because the mouse site is so good. Never have had problems finding TV shows or movies on Usenet.

  • kekmacska@lemmy.zipEnglish
    1·
    8 months ago

    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