[plug] PIA

[David Dartnall]

Thank you Benjamin,

That's really worth following up - especially after reading Shawn 
Powers' article "/All Your Accounts are Belong to Me/" in the February 
Linux Journal!

Dave


On 21/08/17 19:15, Benjamin wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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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