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1. @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 30-Jan-2017 01:19:31 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se

   • Jesse Morgan
   @captainfrosty Welcome new user :-) What does WWOTWU mean?
   • Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 30-Jan-2017 03:23:23 UTC Stephen Michael Kellat

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     @mcscx I'm hoping it is a stutter.  The last five stand for (I think): Workers Of The World Unite.  No clue on the first one.
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   • Jesse Morgan (captainfrosty@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 30-Jan-2017 16:14:11 UTC Jesse Morgan

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     @mcscx Thx for the welcome; I'm giving some alt. social nets a try, I fear what may happen to the mainstream ones in this insane U.S. gov't
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   • Jesse Morgan (captainfrosty@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 30-Jan-2017 16:15:13 UTC Jesse Morgan

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     @mcscx But as long as parts of the internet stay free, open and decentralized, they can never silence us all!!
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   • @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 30-Jan-2017 16:39:29 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se

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     • Jesse Morgan
     @captainfrosty you have come to the right place, many equal minded people here :-) May I ask how you found Quitter.se?
   • Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Monday, 30-Jan-2017 17:04:16 UTC Bob Mottram

     • Jesse Morgan
     • Monsterbater
     @captainfrosty @mcscx @monsterbater as always it depends on the threat model, but I would avoid VPNs and just stick to a Tor browser as much as possible. Also use Orbot/OrFox on mobile. VPNs typically aren't secure and if the government is your main threat then they'll hand over any data they may have about you. Primarily VPNs are used for censorship avoidance rather than privacy.
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   • @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 30-Jan-2017 17:06:00 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se

     • Jesse Morgan
     @captainfrosty you can subscribe to remote accounts and they can subscribe to you. :-)
   • @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Jan-2017 19:52:21 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se

     • Bob Mottram
     • Jesse Morgan
     • Monsterbater
     @monsterbater You can't be sure the VPN provider doesn't sniff on your http traffic or log your connections, etc. @captainfrosty @bob
   • @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Jan-2017 20:36:24 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se

     • Bob Mottram
     • Jesse Morgan
     • Monsterbater
     @monsterbater btw vpn users should also make sure to have a #packetfilter blocking incoming connection from the tunnel @captainfrosty @bob
   • @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Sunday, 05-Feb-2017 14:43:51 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se

     • Monsterbater
     @monsterbater packetfilter aka firewall: depends on your operating system.
   • @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Saturday, 27-May-2017 18:58:50 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se

     • Bob Mottram
     @bob as the NSA may control exit nodes they may also control onion-based web servers. They controlled a whole onion web hoster for a while
   • @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Saturday, 27-May-2017 19:25:13 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se

     • Bob Mottram
     @bob  and if they also happen to control the user's entry node?
   • @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Saturday, 27-May-2017 19:46:22 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se

     • Bob Mottram
     @bob the user still enters Tor via an entry node.The user's packets'll be routed via several hops to either an onion address or an exit node
   • @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Saturday, 27-May-2017 20:42:59 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se

     • zoowar
     @zoowar so my idea of entry nodes being involved is wrong? Will have to read that later.
   • @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Saturday, 27-May-2017 20:56:34 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se

     • Bob Mottram
     @mcscx hm, I wonder if you misread my "Entry node" as "Exit node".