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Best country to VPN to? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The VPN provider I use has servers in multiple countries. I was wondering if privacy laws would make it better to VPN to some countries over others when pirating.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 11 months ago (3 children)

As long as your VPN provider is a proven no-logger, just go with the best performance.

But if you really want to pick countries, Eastern Europe, Italy and Switzerland just to name a few. If you are in the US I wouldn’t be crossing the pond with my VPN but that’s up to you.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Never heard Italy before. Do they have stricter laws than EU in general?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago

Italy is a member of the "14 eyes", so not a good choice.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Maybe less enforcement, that would be my guess

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I’ve heard from Italian friends that been doing it for ever and nothing happened.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

If you are in US probably any latin country except Mexico, Puerto Rico and Panama should be OK.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Why do people keep saying that Puerto Rico is a country?!

Third time this year.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I know it but it is another territory so...

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

That's not a strong argument to call Puerto Rico a country.

That's like saying that Japan and Okinawa are two countries.

Edit: downvoted by geography dufuses.

Edit 2: whoops. Doofuses.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

It's doofus.

I think many people feel like Puerto Rico is its own country due to how it is treated by the US.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Thanks for the doofus correction. Whoops.

Puerto Rico treatment

Hm. I guess.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Curious what it is about those countries that would cause you to advise against using them?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

They are strongly aligned with US, and this kind of countries are usually more aggressive against piracy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Why wouldn't you be crossing the pond for that? Legal reasons? Latency reasons?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Because what I said in the first paragraph. If your provider is not a proven no-logger, get another one.