I was never a fan of their ircd-seven or many other things going on there. This might make me look into https://www.oftc.net seriously again, and other alternatives that exist.
While I use the freenode network, I really don’t feel comfortable supporting it further if it’s connected with anyone in the VPN business, an entire industry which survives on false promises (aka lies) — and enabling piracy.
A while back I was looking to donate to freenode when they were hit by some network attacks and found they weren’t set up to accept donations–I wonder if this will change?
Because PIA is a VPN provider, and VPN providers are in the snakeoil and fearmongering business.
EDIT: To be clear, this isn’t just a random rant. I mean this entirely seriously. The entire VPN provider industry runs on lies and misrepresentations about what a VPN service does, exactly. It’s nothing more than a proxy, with all the same security and privacy issues: https://gist.github.com/joepie91/5a9909939e6ce7d09e29
Pretty much dead on. They’ll only change that line if they see that you’re coming from one of their VPN servers. Anything else and “You are not protected.”
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Aside from being in the VPN space, how are they a shady business?
That’s like saying “Besides the fact he’s a horrible criminal, he’s really a good person.” — I’d argue the entire industry is a cesspool.
I was never a fan of their ircd-seven or many other things going on there. This might make me look into https://www.oftc.net seriously again, and other alternatives that exist.
While I use the freenode network, I really don’t feel comfortable supporting it further if it’s connected with anyone in the VPN business, an entire industry which survives on false promises (aka lies) — and enabling piracy.
I wonder how/if freenode is going to change significantly
It mostly wont. Primarily, two changes are happening:
Hopefully both of these will lead to us being better able to serve our users.
A while back I was looking to donate to freenode when they were hit by some network attacks and found they weren’t set up to accept donations–I wonder if this will change?
Yeah IMO the fact that it’s being kept as a not for profit says a lot. Private Internet legally CAN’T use it for commercial purposes.
Mmh. Why does PIA not like the community-run and non-profit ISP I use?
Because PIA is a VPN provider, and VPN providers are in the snakeoil and fearmongering business.
EDIT: To be clear, this isn’t just a random rant. I mean this entirely seriously. The entire VPN provider industry runs on lies and misrepresentations about what a VPN service does, exactly. It’s nothing more than a proxy, with all the same security and privacy issues: https://gist.github.com/joepie91/5a9909939e6ce7d09e29
Pretty much dead on. They’ll only change that line if they see that you’re coming from one of their VPN servers. Anything else and “You are not protected.”
And the irony is that I connect to my ISP via VPN :)