I should point out getting bitcoin anonymously requires some work too (if you buy BTC it is tied to your CC, and many exchanges require your ssn). Mullvad does allow you to send them cash anonymously in the mail as well.
That’s for accessing the website, not for sending your traffic via TOR to Mullvad. I don’t think they have a built-in way to send traffic to them via TOR without going through an exit node.
Oh, huh that's odd, why provide website access but then not actually product access when your product is a network service. Didn't think to read further than the headline because of that I guess, thanks for correcting me
same as with cash and crypto payment method it's to minimize data exposure outside of the service itself. If you don't trust them to connect with your ip why bother using a VPN instead of just tor.
I’ve never understood the neighbor approach. What’s the logic for that? Instead of your skin, it’s a person one door down from you, that was generous enough to share their connection with you? That’s not anonymity, that’s just outsourcing the identity to someone that probably extended trust to you. And if other things like Tor remove that connection, then what was the point of using a neighbor in the first place?
Generous to share? What makes you think the neighbor even knows about it? Also, one door down? They make antennas that can reach much further than that. If you're in a high rise building, you can even be picking up something from another floor in a different building more than one door down.
You're just not trying very hard if you're using your immediate next door neighbor.
This is an unnecessarily obtuse and pedantic response to the thought being raised.
Yes, a neighbor may not realize they're sharing their network, however, interpreting their "next door" comment as a literal unit of proximity doesn't make your comment look as intelligent as you may think it does.
This is an unnecessarily obtuse and pedantic response to the thought being raised and doesn't make your comment look as intelligent as you may think it does.