Comment on Theoretically speaking, if one wanted to sail the seas while being not very tech savvy – is using a VPN (Mullvad) enough? I would never, of course… but theoretically?

homes@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• ickplant@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Sweet, I’m doing something right, lol. I got my mom using Mullvad in Russia so she can get normal news and stuff, and I just top her account off with my American card cause she can’t. Such a great system.

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  • homes@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’m very sorry to hear that your mother is stuck in Russia, but at least she has access to the real world Internet.

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    • ickplant@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Thank you. Yes, it sucks. She is 81, and chose not to come here (USA) because everything she knows and her friends are all in Russia. It was really tough for her to be anti-war and lose friends over it, but at least she has not fallen for any propaganda like my dad did. I’m really proud of her, she uses a VPN and knows how to do a lot on the internet for her age.

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      • meco03211@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Now I’m curious. What is Russian news saying about the war?

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  • grue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Theoretically doing something right, you mean.

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    • ickplant@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      *Cough… yes, of course.

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  • tomiant@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Mullvad is fucking leg¹t.

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  • SlurpingPus@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Is Mullvad not blocked? Afaik Proton is blocked, for example, at least the free servers.

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    • ickplant@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      She uses it just fine. They also say they block FaceTime, but we have used it without an issue. Russian government and their technology is not the best. Although who knows, they are getting better, so maybe they will finally succeed.

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