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Hey there @windscribe, @expressvpn, @OrchidProtocol, @buyvpnservice, and more!

I have gathered you here today to show you what 2 of your competitors did when we attempted to fact-check them.

Wouldn't it be a shame for them if more people realised what they're really like? 😉

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@surfshark 5. Targeted advertising is much more complicated than just using your IP. A VPN might help, but won't fix it.
6. Public Wifi, in the modern world, poses little risk. Most attacks are defeated by SSL encryption. Any other attack, VPNs probably won't help.

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@surfshark 3. VPNs do little to prevent phishing. They can block known phishing sites, but it is not a protection you should rely on.
4. Be careful bypassing region locks. It could be against the provider's terms of service.

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@speedify ..a far better solution to encrypt your DNS is to use, well, encrypted DNS, i.e. DNS over HTTPS or DNS over TLS, which is becoming more and more prominent, especially in modern browsers and modern smartphones.

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@speedify I said nothing about privacy. A VPN does do much more for that than HTTPS.
But the idea that open networks are inherently unsafe that your original tweet implies is untrue in this modern world.
Almost all your data is already protected. All a VPN does extra is encrypt DNS, but..

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@speedify BT, in the UK, has been doing something similar for years. Every BT WiFi hotspot you see is actually a BT customer's router. Then other BT customers can connect using their BT account, and non-customers can pay.

You can turn this off at the link below.
https://t.co/cFP76bZz5K

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@AtlasVPN @techradar That may be true, but Google Chrome is horrible for user privacy.

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And I thought this one was rather mild. At least it wasn't a block *glares at nord and cybperghost*

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@expressvpn "risk-free"? Are you sure you want to say that? No service is unhackable...

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@speedify This article was written to sell more VPNs - they're getting referral kickbacks (notice the "techradar" part of the link, which is a sister brand of tom's guide). They also recommend Hotspot Shield, who allegedly sold their VPN users data to advertisers. So I wouldn't trust them.

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@speedify This is fine. Your connection is already encrypted by SSL on all Apps and all modern websites. A MITM attack would be obvious, as you would see a huge security warning. Just make sure that the sites you visit have the padlock in the address bar.

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@speedify @surfshark This is untrue. Twitter battles are never easy.

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@alexgizis @speedify @streamlabs It very much is the norm? Sure, some streamers do mobile streams, but the vast majority are at home. Especially those using Streamlabs.

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@speedify @streamlabs So your solution to not having good enough internet is to pay for the internet twice, AND a service to "bond" the internet, rather than just upgrade your internet plan slightly?

This might work in a commercial setting, but for streamers this is very over-the-top.

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@vpnunlimited Free VPNs are often very reliable, especially paid VPNs that have free options.

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@expressvpn If "potentially" means almost never, yes. Your data on 99% of modern sites (including crypto) is already encrypted with 256-bit AES ("military-grade"). They might be able to see what sites you visit, but if you use a browser that supports DNS over HTTPS then even that data's safe

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This is ridiculous. There is no reason this should be the case.

ALL THIS DOES IS STOP PEOPLE VOTING.

I cannot see any evidence that this will reduce voter fraud more than it will reduce real votes counting.

I don't normally feel so strongly, but this we must reject.