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They run a proprietary protocol that works in China and Saudi Arabia, where other protocols are known not to work. I've lived in China for 7 years, and Astrill never once let me down, while Express, Nord, Proton and a bunch of others hardly ever worked.

They all claim to be anonymous. And yeah, nobody can independently validate the no logs policy, even Mullvad that has been security audited doesn't let anyone near their production environment, so what they release to the testers might not be identical to what they use live.

Calling TOR anonymous is a big stretch through, a bunch of commits to the code have been traced back to the CIA if I remember correctly, and various intelligence agencies worldwide are running exit nodes and log everything they can get their hands on. Whether they can decrypt it with current tech is another story, but you better believe they don't just delete it.

Yeah it does. Adobe has a lot of active script support, including java script for example, which can be exploited. If a software can't interpret those scripts at all and simply displays plain text, that means malware won't be executed.

And since Adobe Acrobat / Acrobat Reader are the most common pdf viewers out there, they are a natural target for hackers as well.

"No CVE entries" should not be highlighted with "NEW SECURITY CONTENT" in bold print. That's just spammy attention seeking garbage.

Some countries consider limitless ancestral pathways, but you must have factual evidence (birth records, marriage certificate etc.) that are unquestionable. Several countries also consider the paternal side only, meaning you must be able to trace your lineage through your father's male family line only.

I haven't heard of anyone being able to trace their line back to the discovery of America, but who knows. Certainly heard of some Brazilian successfully claiming German citizenship dating back to refugees from WW1, which is already 110 years ago and 3-4 generations later.

Associates degrees are non-existent and not recognized in the EU, and most if not all countries require you to be a graduate to be eligible for hire, which would make a student visa the easiest route.

Luckily many countries offer tuition completely for free; though bachelor degrees are often taught in the native language. If your Spanish is solid, you could of course go to Spain, else with English you'd be somewhat restricted to Ireland and Malta (English is the second official language, but the primary for tuition).

Other than that, some universities have English taught bachelor degrees, so you'd have to research them individually. Finland is very English- and Tech-friendly, for starters.

Stop whining.

One more reason never to use the official adobe software. SumatraPDF is awesome. Barebones and blazing fast.

Email:

• mailbox.org
• tuta
• hushmail

VPN:

• astrill (expensive but awesome)
• mullvad

Cloud storage:

Rent a small server / vps and set up your own nextcloud instance. Even some packages meant for webhosting work, as long as you can install custom php applications. I'm using all-inkl.com (private plus package) and got 500GB allocated to my nextcloud instance.

There's plenty of mail & vpn services out there, so why bother sticking with the one you don't agree with ideologically?

I'm not being fed sinophobic propaganda, I lived in China for 7 years, speak Chinese, and an married to a Chinese.

Quality of life is by and large alright, but there's a huge disparity between the so called middle class and the actual working class that's in violation of everything Marxist you'll ever read about.

You've obviously never been there, then. Give it a try and get back to me.