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|    Dan Purgert to All    |
|    Re: My IP address is visible. ..........    |
|    29 Feb 24 10:30:49    |
      From: dan@djph.net              On 2024-02-29, Daniel65 wrote:       > Carlos E.R. wrote on 29/2/24 5:35 am:       >> [...]       >> They get money on this. They try to scare you into thinking that you       >> really need to "hide" behind an VPN intermediary. That it is       >> dangerous to not use an VPN. They sell it to people that then do not       >> use it because they don't know how. I had to tell friends, that asked       >> me to activate that VPN thing, fo forget it and cancel that silly       >> subscription they did not need.       >>       >> Some people may need it, but then they do know about it.       >       > O.K., so if AVG are trying to flog me a VPN ..... I'm connecting to the       > UseNet via my TelCo (TPG) and then to Eternal-September. Are E-S, in       > effect, a VPN??              No.                     --       |_|O|_|       |_|_|O| Github: https://github.com/dpurgert       |O|O|O| PGP: DDAB 23FB 19FA 7D85 1CC1 E067 6D65 70E5 4CE7 2860              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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