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		BLKNSLVR 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Who owns Express VPN, Nord, Surfshark? VPN relatio... Australian ISPs are legally required to retain metadata for two years. That's one of the best reasons to use a VPN if you're in Australia. Give up as little as possible. I have found, however, lots of sites block or Captcha-restrict IP addresses that are (somehow determined as) non-residential, and Netflix restricts its content as well.

globalnode 3 months ago [–]

Won't TOR browser block metadata collection?

BLKNSLVR 3 months ago | [–]

Probably, yes. TOR can be problematic for other reasons, primarily that it can be significantly slower than 'clear' internet or VPN-internet.

It's all a game of who do you trust most / least versus convenience in the end.

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