SYLOH@lemmy.worldtoPiracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Is a selfhosted VPN viable for piracy?English
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1 year agoYour self-hosted VPN has to be plugged into the internet somewhere. If that IP address is associated with you, the VPN hasn’t done anything.
The number of people who are using the VPN server also lends plausible deniability.
“No I wasn’t pirating anything! That was someone else! I was just using it because I like my privacy and don’t trust my government to not snoop on it!”
I’m still mostly on Reddit, but I’ve definitely cut down my participation. For example I stopped up/downvoting posts entirely. And haven’t really been participating in askreddit / eli5
The post I’ve made are either mirrored, or limited to relatively obscure communities.
As for lemmy, still lurking, not quite ready to dive in.