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#392: Resisting Online Surveillance with Viktor from IVPN

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast
Episode • Jan 30, 2023 • 1h 27m

Join Marty as he sits down with Viktor from IVPN to discuss online privacy and the surveillance traps set by online companies, including most VPNs.

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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