[kwlug-disc] Russia seizes VPN servers

[Jeff Smith]

Here's more on PIA getting out of Dodge...
https://it.slashdot.org/story/16/07/12/2155254/vpn-provider-removes-russian-presence-after-servers-seized?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot+%28Slashdot%29


> From: hubert at uhoreg.ca
> To: kwlug-disc at kwlug.org
> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 10:16:21 -0400
> Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Russia seizes VPN servers
> 
> On Mon, 11 Jul 2016 22:33:10 -0400, Mark Steffen <rmarksteffen at gmail.com> said:
> 
> > I've got a VPS hosted in the basement of a big black building halfway
> > between Washington and Baltimore just off the 295, it's apparently a
> > VERY secure facility.  Throughput is great, though I do get ssh
> > complaining sometimes, I have to clear some stuff out in ~/.ssh/ for
> > it to stop complaining and connect. Weird. It was a great price
> > though, and secure. I keep all of my passwords, and router configs
> > there as an offsite backup as well as archives of all my email,
> > financial information, and evil plans.
> 
> Free backup for everyone funded by the US government.  What's not to
> love?
> http://www.nsa-cloud.com/
> 
> 
> By the way, people who are interested in this sort of thing, I would
> recommend checking out Bruce Schneier's book Data and Goliath.
> https://www.schneier.com/books/data_and_goliath/  It's available at
> least from the Waterloo Public Library.
> 
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