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Yep. I have heard stories of people that setup a Streisand VPN on a digital ocean droplet, and then got sent DMCA letters for torrenting. Digital Ocean turned over their identity and banned their account.

If you're just doing it for privacy, then cool. If you're doing it to mask potentially illegal activity, don't. Use PIA or something like that.

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I think it depends on threat model. If you’re looking to do anything illegal, probably no VPN is a good idea.

But if you care about privacy in general, a VPN is always a clear win. No VPN will ever be perfect. But for a VPN, this is pretty good with regards to security.

How is it a clear win if no VPN is perfect?

trust and safety teams generally do not turn over client info to DMCA complainants.

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