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		PaperclipTaken on May 1, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Young File-Sharers Respond To Tough Laws By Buying... I think a lot of it depends on which ISP you have, how much you trust your ISP, and how much you trust your VPN. Many VPNs claim to keep no data at all, which means that government intervention cannot reveal your Internet activities, because there are no records. If you live in an area where your ISP is required to maintain certain histories, and you have a trusted VPN in a more relaxed country, it's easy to see how a VPN might be preferred.

JoachimSchipper on May 1, 2012 [–]

This works until your VPN provider gets an order "please start logging for user PaperclipTaken and turn over all logs for the coming 30 days to $BADGUYS".

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