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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Here's more on PIA getting out of Dodge...<div><br></div><div><a href="https://it.slashdot.org/story/16/07/12/2155254/vpn-provider-removes-russian-presence-after-servers-seized?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot+%28Slashdot%29" target="_blank">https://it.slashdot.org/story/16/07/12/2155254/vpn-provider-removes-russian-presence-after-servers-seized?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot+%28Slashdot%29</a></div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div>> From: hubert@uhoreg.ca<br>> To: kwlug-disc@kwlug.org<br>> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 10:16:21 -0400<br>> Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Russia seizes VPN servers<br>> <br>> On Mon, 11 Jul 2016 22:33:10 -0400, Mark Steffen <rmarksteffen@gmail.com> said:<br>> <br>> > I've got a VPS hosted in the basement of a big black building halfway<br>> > between Washington and Baltimore just off the 295, it's apparently a<br>> > VERY secure facility. Throughput is great, though I do get ssh<br>> > complaining sometimes, I have to clear some stuff out in ~/.ssh/ for<br>> > it to stop complaining and connect. Weird. It was a great price<br>> > though, and secure. I keep all of my passwords, and router configs<br>> > there as an offsite backup as well as archives of all my email,<br>> > financial information, and evil plans.<br>> <br>> Free backup for everyone funded by the US government. What's not to<br>> love?<br>> http://www.nsa-cloud.com/<br>> <br>> <br>> By the way, people who are interested in this sort of thing, I would<br>> recommend checking out Bruce Schneier's book Data and Goliath.<br>> https://www.schneier.com/books/data_and_goliath/ It's available at<br>> least from the Waterloo Public Library.<br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> kwlug-disc mailing list<br>> kwlug-disc@kwlug.org<br>> http://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org<br>> <br></div></div> </div></body>
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