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hnthrow10282910on How to Create a Personal VPN for Yourself for Free

Routing your traffic to a server controlled by a US company is more secure than…?

We should maybe define what we mean by secure before suggesting these things. Also, we should speak about setups like this more genetically, maybe focus on the software that enables this type of thing (OVPN) and not some big cloud provider in the US giving you a cheap VPS.

FWIW, thanks for the images and clear explanations for setup. I just think in todays world we should dissect these suggestions more deeply.

hnthrow10282910on Iranian man who lived in Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport for 18 years dies

Wow he died in the airport too. Looks like he’s been living back in the airport for the past few weeks.

hnthrow10282910on Former Uber Security Chief Guilty of Hiding Hack from Authorities

What will happen to him?

hnthrow10282910on Twitter Popcorn

Looks like inflation hit popcorn too

hnthrow10282910on Ask HN: What’s the unspoken situation with substance abuse by tech workers?

Not true at all.

hnthrow10282910on Ask HN: What’s the unspoken situation with substance abuse by tech workers?

Same here. How often do you take it? I find I get too into the work and multiple days on end I get frustrated and fuck up my sleep.