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Best jurisdiction for exit nodes? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 6 days ago by LucidBoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I was wondering, which country's exit nodes (VPN) do you use and why? Are some countries better than others (in terms of jurisdiction and laws, not latency)?

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[–] kekmacska@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

blacklist: Afghanistan, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, hungary, iran, israel, japan, Italy, both Koreas, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Peru, Russia, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Syria, Ukraine, UAE, UK, USA, Yemen

[–] Tiuku@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 days ago

Why?

[–] LucidBoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'd like to hear the reasoning behind this list.

[–] kekmacska@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 days ago

i mainly choose countries with strong dmca laws, anti-piracy, and authoritian regimes that might have some global influence and actual internet infrastructure