[plug] PIA

[Benjamin]

Disclaimer: my "95%" figure was meant to be surrounded by "about" and other
weasel words. It's not a real figure based on anything but an educated
guess.

On 21 Aug. 2017 7:14 pm, "Benjamin" <zorlin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Dave,
>
> PIA is an example of what are generally called VPN services. Most VPN
> services have extensive support for Linux - indeed 95% of the actual VPN
> servers themselves are running on Linux machines!
>
> If you're in the market for a VPN, do the appropriate diligence and read
> reviews and so on. Private Internet Access as you mentioned is a great
> option. I personally use OverPlay for my VPN needs.
>
> Hope that answers your question. :)
>
> On 21 Aug. 2017 15:14, "David Dartnall" <darts at dialix.com.au> wrote:
>
>> Hi Alistair,
>>
>> Bill K has answered your question - I only learnt about that from my
>> daughter last week.  it's a paid service costing ~$5 month.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> On 21/08/17 12:51, Alastair Irvine wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 19 August, 2017 at 05:25:10PM +0800, David Dartnall wrote:
>>>
>>>> It's some time since I posted here but thanks to plug tips and Ian
>>>> Morrison from linuxium, I have Ubuntu on this little ideapad, and
>>>> it's great. I can't remember my password but think I'm still a
>>>> member. Anyway I wonder if any of us have some thoughts to share
>>>> about a linux PIA - seems to be an interesting concept. I note that
>>>> the recent global cyber attack seems to have little effect on Linux
>>>> machines - maybe unnecessary?
>>>>
>>> Hi, Dave.  What's a PIA?
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