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[โ€“] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

VPN would get me banned or shadowbanned from socmed but I want to look into VPN for general use anyway.

The free ones have a reputation for being dodgy so Iโ€™m wondering about the free one included with the Opera browser?

[โ€“] imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I use Brave browser when also has a VPN option and lots of inbuilt "do not track" privacy settings. I've not used the VPN much but just adding it as an option for yiu

[โ€“] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

Iโ€™ll look into it, thanks

[โ€“] Taleya@aussie.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago

nah I live in PIA and haven't had issues

[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago

Ohh I need to look into that