[tor-talk] Appearing American

mick mbm at rlogin.net
Sun Aug 18 21:05:50 UTC 2013


On Sun, 18 Aug 2013 10:32:13 -0700
Gordon Morehouse <gordon at morehouse.me> allegedly wrote:
> 
> Your best bet if you *need* an American IP is to use a VPN.
> 

I'm sorry Gordon but I think this needs to be said. On a list devoted
to tor, recommending a VPN is not ideal. Whilst a commercial VPN might
buy you a geo specific location, at best it buys you /very/ limited
anonymity and privacy.

But, yes, if all you are concerned about is (say) a US IP so that you
can view Hulu, it might be acceptable. It depends upon your use case.

Best

Mick
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