Gabriel Custodiet speaks for a second time with Viktor Viksei about the problems of the VPN industry, about how VPNs work, and about one of the few non-sellouts to privacy: IVPN.
First episode with Viktor (Episode 39): https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy:1/UncomfortableTruthsAboutVPNIndustry:5
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Timeline
0:00 – Introduction
1:47 – The problem with free VPNs
4:30 – Your VPN won’t go to jail for you for $5
6:50 – How bad are the fake VPN review websites?
10:45 – VPN Industry consolidation
15:45 – Most important aspects of a VPN
18:19 – Has IVPN been targeted by VPN juggernauts?
21:54 – Any trends in VPNs that IVPN is focused on
25:24 – What is happening at the ground level of a VPN server
28:35 – How would a 3-letter agency track a VPN user?
34:00 – How can VPN companies mitigate 3-letter agency tracking?
39:08 – How can we test if a VPN is working?
41:10 – WireGuard vs OpenVPN
44:50 – Is random-generated username and no password of IVPN and Mullvad a problem?
46:35 – Anti-Tracker of IVPN
49:30 – Why does torrenting on US VPN servers matter?
52:38 – Removal of killswitch due to Apple problems
55:56 – V2Ray: what does it do for us?
59:22 – VPN discrimination solutions
1:05:00 – Final thoughts
#IVPN #VPNIndustry #WatchmanPrivacy
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