TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast
#392: Resisting Online Surveillance with Viktor from IVPN
Jan 30 2023 • 1hr 27m
Show Notes
Follow Viktor on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vonthedock
Check out IVPN: https://www.ivpn.net/
6:10 - VPN convention
10:42 - VPNs explained
16:23 - VPN traps
19:23 - TOR
23:10 - Running your own VPN
26:30 - Vetting VPN services
35:23 - Wireguard
39:28 - Paying for a VPN privately
42:09 - LN privacy and Monero
45:33 - Fedimint
53:14 - Viktor's story, don't be a coomer
1:05:55 - Attacks on IVPN
1:07:59 - How the current internet makes VPNs necessary
1:12:22 - Expanding IVPN
1:17:34 - State attack vectors on VPNs
1:22:50 - Final thoughts
1:26:02 - Plugs
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@mrmr
3,674 sats
Feb 13 2023
IVPN ... thoroughly recommended. great to have as a sponsor (and guest too).
@blokchainboog
2,500 sats
Feb 5 2023
VPNs are cool but annoying when sites you need to use block them
@vake
2,000 sats
Jan 30 2023
Marty Bent is my spirit animal.
@killedbybtc
500 sats
Jan 31 2023
3 year IVPN user and I still fucking love it. Especially after the Asian server expansion. Keep fighting the good fight!!
@ioptzout
256 sats
Jan 30 2023
Great episode, seems like many Bitcoiners are “Monero curious.”
@cliffbjanger
200 sats
Jan 31 2023
Great show! 🙌