On Fri, 16 Jun 2017 14:12:04 GMT, "gxs" <bikini@oll.boom> wrote:
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>On 16-Jun-2017, sns <sns@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> thak yo for your reply
>>
>> Ill lo0ok into VPN
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>Hi sns, just an FYI, don't bother with a VPN if you are going to post to
>Usenet because it will not help at all. *IF* the powers that be go after a
>poster then they will go to your News Service Provider (NSP) for the
>details, the nature of Usenet means that requires a unique login and it is
>from that the poster's details will be found. Hiding behind a VPN (which
>only masks your IP address) is useless because you're posting under your
>login details, meaning whatever details you created the account with can be
>handed over.
Log-in credentials are easy to steal. At least posting through a VPN
hides the true IP of the poster and would make it very difficult for
anyone to prove who was actually doing the posting.
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