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Why not get a prepaid data card? Using tor on a public wifi is suspicious enough.

If you're okay with disabling http (and all plaintext protocols really) then you're better off just using tor instead of a VPN. Keeps the trail of ip connections more distributed. If not you want to make sure you disable them during the process of buying that trusted VPN/S.

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I have no experience with prepaid data cards. Can I purchase these in cash (easily)? That's a good strategy if so.

http://prepaid-data-sim-card.wikia.com/wiki/United_States They will all take cash at retail locations, the only thing is you want to double check that they won't ask from an ID.It's not a requirement but it seems like some will ask. I was asked for my passport when I was in states couple of years ago. Maybe somebody can chime in.

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