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1. Transparent policies 
2. Decent no logging policy 
3. All types of traffic allowed on all servers
4. No cheap VPS or fake geoip's 
5. Great technical knowledge from both support and the community
6. Acknowledges changing political climates in countries which they host servers and refuse to host servers in countries that fail to meet technical and ethical standards.
 
Those are a few of my favorite, the order of which is irrelevant 

I use Windows 10. I low-key don't really know anything about Linux, and I'm too much of a self-respecting human being to use iOS.

I can accept such a low tolerance, yet that doesn't make impoliteness anymore acceptable. If someone isn't able to exchange ideas and opinions on a forum without being unnecessarily rude, then that person really shouldn't be on the forum. It's counter productive and that in itself is perhaps even more stupid. 
We can give this one a miss.
 
You wrote a good post just now, regarding the Electoral College, so thanks for that . I've often felt that one of the great weaknesses and sometimes strength of the us, lies in how each state does things differently.
 
It'll be interesting to see what comes. While fascism isn't desirable, neither is the neoliberalist period we've been going through, which even the IMF has said is fading.
 
Sent to you from me with datalove

Staff, I'll risk sounding uneducated here lol, but what's IEC? Hopefully it's not something related to an Internet Explorer Control panel something

Hello!
 
We regret to inform you that the server Thuban (FR) has been withdrawn due to inability of the datacenter to meet our technical requirements.
 
Currently, we have decided to momentarily drop France. The current legal framework on data retention can be interpreted as an obligation to extend logging of various traffic information by the datacenters, since it covers "hosting providers". Although this obligation, according to our inquiries, has remained quite theoretical so far at datacenter levels, we deem appropriate to not expose our customers to such risks.
 
We will add in the next days servers in Belgium, where data retention laws have been canceled since last year and the legal framework on data protection and privacy does not infringe human rights.
 
Kind regards
AirVPN Staff

This shit is doomed from the start. It places a fucking massive burden on ISPs. If enacted, they would literally have to sit around in person and watch everything you do. And they would be accountable if they did not know that for instance, the picture of your kids in a (Insert fictional character from some stupid kids show) was a commercial product. (The character, not your kids. Lol.)
 
All parodies of anything “identified by rightsholders” would have to be blocked. What does that mean? I gave just one very simple example above. There are plenty more, but this explains why it cannot work.
 
This is overzealous idiocy at its worst, and should result in the asshats who wrote it being fired. Today. (And lynched for being that stupid.)
 
I will not worry. This is actually nothing new. And it failed every time they tried it. It will continue failing.

Was reading many forum posts here and came across the one that linked to That One Privacy Site.  In it that site states that AIRVPN get a red 'bad' mark for "BAD, SHADY" and when I looked that up they say "BAD, SHADY" means "Shady – Has more than 4 ethics “violations” on the comparison chart.  Company engages in affiliate marketing without limits".  His definition of "Ethics" is:  "Ethics – ...if service has an affiliate program, terms must require ethical behavior, appears to actively support good causes and promote good business practices."
 
So what exactly is he saying here and why is he giving AIRVPN a bad rap?
 
I have emailed the owner and await his response.

Well guys, I would like if you both watched your tone a bit, as there's no reason to be rude to one another .
 
@Kepler
 
Thanks for a long post, I like those.
 
I think your opinion is contradictory. 1) You claim I excuse repressive regimes and yet you routinely excuse the US? I don't excuse them. I acknowledge the fact that they do bad things. Instead, what I'm doing is a response to what you're doing (funny enough), because what you do, is never look at why they do what they do. Instead, you often simply jump to the conclusion that they're basically just evil/bad, as if this were a Harry Potter movie and that that's why. Which in turn means that you don't view reality at all.
 
2) I never said I hated the US. But as with previously, you seem to think that the equation goes like this: critique = hatred. If so, then I would, by your definition, also be a hater of all things Russian and Chinese. I'm not. Again, it's just that your points of view lack balance. You constantly repeat (respectfully speaking) the same things regarding various human rights. Yet you refuse to acknowledge the US role in the subversion of those very same rights. It's strange to see. It's like when the BBC, CNN or the Guardian or the New York Times report that Trump will undermine human rights and yet they don't take a deeper and closer look at the human rights violations already committed under Obama. It's self-defeating.
 
Likewise, you seem to be unwilling to acknowledge what the US has done in the world and whether or not its actions could have at least partly helped provoke circumstances around the world, to evolve into how they are now. I'm not saying it's 100% the US fault, no. I'm asking you if you can acknowledge that the US has any fault at all - on the same level as these "regimes" that you keep critiquing. Because if you can't, then there's nothing more to talk about really, as you will just keep going from "Oh no, look at the effects of Trump" to "Yuck, look at those evil disgusting regimes like Russia being evil again" and back again. Which is tedious and doesn't come close to a realistic appraisal of events at all.
 
I did not say Russia was justified in the actions it took surrounding Crimea. I said that Russia, like any state, doesn't just *do* things at random. But that it has reasons and motivations for doing things. Reasons and motivations which you completely ignore, by instead preferring to simplistically say that Russia is simply a "regime" and that's that.
 
As I've also said, I support the various rights you mentioned and keep mentioning. I just, perhaps unlike you, don't make them into my entire argument. I agree that the Republican party is pretty much a dark stain on humanity, due to all the troubles they cause. But I also think the Democrats aren't really that much better - sure they "officially" support women's rights, but that's only for women in the US. What about Iraqi women? Afghan women? Syrian women? They're bombing those. Or what about when the US helped topple a Democratically elected Iranian leader, leading to leaders like the Shar later on? They don't care about those either. So, as I'm saying, you refuse to look critically at the US. Not looking critically at your own country, is just as much the reason why the US is in dire straits now, as it is that Trump was elected. Because it's people like yourself, respectfully, which enable bad actions that the US government commits. But if you think the US pretty much can't do anything wrong, then you'll never care, even when it does. You'll simply resort to blaming:
The government. Some leader of state, say Obama or Putin. Some repressive regime and/or terrorist group. But never yourself and the US as a whole. In a previous post, I took the trouble to source some links, to show you that the US does plenty evil in the world, that has nothing to do with fighting Communists, Terrorists or whatever else, but simply furthering its own strategic goals, with the lives of innocents and their rights, as payment. What did you do? You ignored that post almost entirely. You didn't even acknowledge my critique of the US at all. I can critique the US/China/Saudi Arabia and so on. But can you critique the US? I don't think so. Instead, you ask for the US to be cut some slack, which is madness (for a lack of a better word). Because if the US, considering everything it has done, should be cut some slack, then you should also cut Russia/China/Iran/North Korea/Saudi Arabia and all the others some slack too. But you don't.
 
What you desperately need, Kepler, is to take a good hard look at the definition of what's called "American Exceptionalism". Article excerpt that should highlight this notion to you quite clearly:
 

Hello!
 
As FtW said, TPP should be pretty dead thanks to Trump. Same goes for TTIP pretty much - although as I understand it, it's more "dead in the water" as opposed to actually dead. So maybe it'll get picked up later. It really depends on if Trump changes his position on these things at all. It's quite nice to see him enacting change before even taking office lol. In one stroke, he has already helped out half a dozen countries, before taking office. Pretty well done really.

So, he forgot his PayPal subscription turned on, then was surprised he was charged.
Great hacker. But that doesn't add up to the real story:
 
He used the service to DDoS some internal and other infrastructure, and wrote
this moronic post that we kept here deliberately for all to laugh:
https://airvpn.org/topic/17904-my-review-010/
 
The username is  different but the style of writing and dates in question are identical.
 
Regarding the last accusation, pretty much equals to "I bought a hamburger, few
days later the police started interrogating me. BurgerKing is a trap."

But wait, that's ZeroNet. Did it actually stop the Air site from saying "port reserved by another user"? Because that was the objective, as far as I was concerned.
 
After presumably forwarding the port correctly, you can do a TCP test from the same area . Make sure your firewall and/or other security software isn't blocking anything for you.

If you're using 3rd party security software, it can be worth taking a look at the Experimental Eddie client, as it's meant to handle these better . Otherwise in VPN terms, make sure tap.exe, openvpn.exe and airVPN.exe are not being blocked by anything. Further, you can also choose to "reset" windows firewall rules, if you're having issues; especially if after using Network Lock(NL). A guy in the link you provided, told you to forward both ports from the VPN and your router. Do not do this, as it exposes you to correlation attacks.
 
As for AirVPN together with TOR, you can check that. In addition to my guide, wherein there's plenty other security/privacy centric links.
 
Do remember to put the port you want to forward, into the "local port" field, not the top field, as I see you did the opposite in the reddit thread, regarding port 51485.
 
I think it's also worth checking ipleak.net to make sure you're not leaking, in addition to perhaps turning off IPv6 and/or network adapters you aren't using.

Just a small security notice:
Stunnel is able to run custom executables using the "exec = EXECUTABLE_PATH"
command, which can be placed in the .ssl config file.
 
So when you create a random .ssl file, such as in your example in /airvpn/airvpn.ssl,
make sure to set proper permissions on it for your current user, or the user you intend
to run stunnel with.
Otherwise, if the permissions are too open, a malicious program will be able to modify
the content of the .ssl file and launch itself under the context of the stunnel uid/gid.

Actually Kepler, don't bother replying to my last posts. I've said the same things to you 2-3 times and it just gets ignored mostly.
 
Just forget all my posts, as I found a (hilarious) video that pretty much perfectly sums up what I want to say (minus the insults, naturally):
 
https://youtu.be/GLG9g7BcjKs
 
If you're then up for doing some extra legwork, I found this video equally instructive (and hilarious):
 
https://youtu.be/P979HaI5qlk
 
I'm out of the discussion. It was fun while it lasted y'all . Thank you for sharing.
 
P.S. If you either want to lighten the mood or can't be assed watching a long video, this is invaluable for the lols, haha:
 
https://youtu.be/HyT7vXdyieM
 
Got a feeling FromtheWalls may like the videos <3.
 
Peace!

Hello,
 
In regards to my issue in the immediately preceding post (#242), there were some interesting entries in Eddie's logs so I have attached them below in hopes that they may help:

I 2016.11.16 11:29:13 - Eddie client version: 2.11.6 / windows_x64, System: Windows, Name: Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.14393.0
. 2016.11.16 11:29:14 - Reading options from C:\Users\puff-\AppData\Local\AirVPN\AirVPN.xml
. 2016.11.16 11:29:27 - Data Path: C:\Users\puff-\AppData\Local\AirVPN
. 2016.11.16 11:29:27 - App Path: C:\Program Files\AirVPN
. 2016.11.16 11:29:27 - Executable Path: C:\Program Files\AirVPN\AirVPN.exe
. 2016.11.16 11:29:27 - Command line arguments (1): path="home"
. 2016.11.16 11:29:27 - Operating System: Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.14393.0
. 2016.11.16 11:29:37 - Unexpected bundle executable error ssl (C:\Program Files\AirVPN\stunnel.exe). Dumping report.
. 2016.11.16 11:29:37 - Output:

I 2016.11.16 11:29:39 - OpenVPN Driver - TAP-Windows Adapter V9, version 9.21.2
I 2016.11.16 11:29:39 - OpenVPN - Version: 2.3.13 - OpenSSL 1.0.2j 26 Sep 2016, LZO 2.09 (C:\Program Files\AirVPN\openvpn.exe)
I 2016.11.16 11:29:39 - SSH - Version: plink 0.67 (C:\Program Files\AirVPN\plink.exe)
W 2016.11.16 11:29:39 - SSL - Not available
! 2016.11.16 11:29:41 - Activation of Network Lock - Windows Filtering Platform
I 2016.11.16 11:29:42 - Session starting.
. 2016.11.16 11:29:42 - Updating systems & servers data ...
. 2016.11.16 11:29:43 - Network adapter DHCP switched to static (NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller)
. 2016.11.16 11:29:44 - Cannot retrieve systems & servers data. Please retry later or contact us for help. (The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a receive.)
. 2016.11.16 11:29:48 - IPv6 disabled with packet filtering.
I 2016.11.16 11:29:48 - Checking authorization ...
! 2016.11.16 11:29:49 - Connecting to Rasalas (United States, Newark, New Jersey)
. 2016.11.16 11:29:49 - OpenVPN > OpenVPN 2.3.13 x86_64-w64-mingw32 [sSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [iPv6] built on Nov 10 2016
. 2016.11.16 11:29:49 - OpenVPN > Windows version 6.2 (Windows 8 or greater) 64bit
. 2016.11.16 11:29:49 - OpenVPN > library versions: OpenSSL 1.0.2j 26 Sep 2016, LZO 2.09
. 2016.11.16 11:29:50 - OpenVPN > MANAGEMENT: TCP Socket listening on [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:3100
. 2016.11.16 11:29:50 - OpenVPN > Control Channel Authentication: tls-auth using INLINE static key file
. 2016.11.16 11:29:50 - OpenVPN > Outgoing Control Channel Authentication: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
. 2016.11.16 11:29:50 - OpenVPN > Incoming Control Channel Authentication: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
. 2016.11.16 11:29:50 - OpenVPN > Socket Buffers: R=[65536->262144] S=[65536->262144]
. 2016.11.16 11:29:50 - OpenVPN > UDPv4 link local: [undef]
. 2016.11.16 11:29:50 - OpenVPN > UDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]64.120.44.138:443
. 2016.11.16 11:29:50 - OpenVPN > TLS: Initial packet from [AF_INET]64.120.44.138:443, sid=23ada153 337ae22c
. 2016.11.16 11:29:50 - OpenVPN > VERIFY OK: depth=1, C=IT, ST=IT, L=Perugia, O=airvpn.org, CN=airvpn.org CA, emailAddress=info@airvpn.org
. 2016.11.16 11:29:50 - OpenVPN > Validating certificate key usage
. 2016.11.16 11:29:50 - OpenVPN > ++ Certificate has key usage 00a0, expects 00a0
. 2016.11.16 11:29:50 - OpenVPN > VERIFY KU OK
. 2016.11.16 11:29:50 - OpenVPN > Validating certificate extended key usage
. 2016.11.16 11:29:50 - OpenVPN > ++ Certificate has EKU (str) TLS Web Server Authentication, expects TLS Web Server Authentication
. 2016.11.16 11:29:50 - OpenVPN > VERIFY EKU OK
. 2016.11.16 11:29:50 - OpenVPN > VERIFY OK: depth=0, C=IT, ST=IT, L=Perugia, O=airvpn.org, CN=server, emailAddress=info@airvpn.org
. 2016.11.16 11:29:50 - OpenVPN > Data Channel Encrypt: Cipher 'AES-256-CBC' initialized with 256 bit key
. 2016.11.16 11:29:50 - OpenVPN > Data Channel Encrypt: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
. 2016.11.16 11:29:50 - OpenVPN > Data Channel Decrypt: Cipher 'AES-256-CBC' initialized with 256 bit key
. 2016.11.16 11:29:50 - OpenVPN > Data Channel Decrypt: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
. 2016.11.16 11:29:50 - OpenVPN > Control Channel: TLSv1.2, cipher TLSv1/SSLv3 DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 4096 bit RSA
. 2016.11.16 11:29:50 - OpenVPN > [server] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]64.120.44.138:443
. 2016.11.16 11:29:53 - OpenVPN > SENT CONTROL [server]: 'PUSH_REQUEST' (status=1)
. 2016.11.16 11:29:53 - OpenVPN > PUSH: Received control message: 'PUSH_REPLY,redirect-gateway def1 bypass-dhcp,dhcp-option DNS 10.4.0.1,comp-lzo no,route-gateway 10.4.0.1,topology subnet,ping 10,ping-restart 60,ifconfig 10.4.1.30 255.255.0.0'
. 2016.11.16 11:29:53 - OpenVPN > OPTIONS IMPORT: timers and/or timeouts modified
. 2016.11.16 11:29:53 - OpenVPN > OPTIONS IMPORT: LZO parms modified
. 2016.11.16 11:29:53 - OpenVPN > OPTIONS IMPORT: --ifconfig/up options modified
. 2016.11.16 11:29:53 - OpenVPN > OPTIONS IMPORT: route options modified
. 2016.11.16 11:29:53 - OpenVPN > OPTIONS IMPORT: route-related options modified
. 2016.11.16 11:29:53 - OpenVPN > OPTIONS IMPORT: --ip-win32 and/or --dhcp-option options modified
. 2016.11.16 11:29:53 - OpenVPN > ROUTE_GATEWAY 192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0 I=6 HWADDR=00:23:54:49:e3:84
. 2016.11.16 11:29:53 - OpenVPN > do_ifconfig, tt->ipv6=0, tt->did_ifconfig_ipv6_setup=0
. 2016.11.16 11:29:53 - OpenVPN > open_tun, tt->ipv6=0
. 2016.11.16 11:29:56 - OpenVPN > TAP-WIN32 device [Ethernet 2] opened: \\.\Global\{E6D56CE6-CD5E-47E3-A06C-D8ECA7865963}.tap
. 2016.11.16 11:29:56 - OpenVPN > TAP-Windows Driver Version 9.21
. 2016.11.16 11:29:56 - OpenVPN > Set TAP-Windows TUN subnet mode network/local/netmask = 10.4.0.0/10.4.1.30/255.255.0.0 [sUCCEEDED]
. 2016.11.16 11:29:56 - OpenVPN > Notified TAP-Windows driver to set a DHCP IP/netmask of 10.4.1.30/255.255.0.0 on interface {E6D56CE6-CD5E-47E3-A06C-D8ECA7865963} [DHCP-serv: 10.4.255.254, lease-time: 31536000]
. 2016.11.16 11:29:56 - OpenVPN > Successful ARP Flush on interface [5] {E6D56CE6-CD5E-47E3-A06C-D8ECA7865963}
. 2016.11.16 11:29:58 - OpenVPN > TEST ROUTES: 2/2 succeeded len=1 ret=1 a=0 u/d=up
. 2016.11.16 11:29:58 - OpenVPN > C:\Windows\system32\route.exe ADD 64.120.44.138 MASK 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.1
. 2016.11.16 11:29:58 - OpenVPN > ROUTE: CreateIpForwardEntry succeeded with dwForwardMetric1=35 and dwForwardType=4
. 2016.11.16 11:29:58 - OpenVPN > Route addition via IPAPI succeeded [adaptive]
. 2016.11.16 11:29:58 - OpenVPN > C:\Windows\system32\route.exe ADD 0.0.0.0 MASK 128.0.0.0 10.4.0.1
. 2016.11.16 11:29:58 - OpenVPN > ROUTE: CreateIpForwardEntry succeeded with dwForwardMetric1=35 and dwForwardType=4
. 2016.11.16 11:29:58 - OpenVPN > Route addition via IPAPI succeeded [adaptive]
. 2016.11.16 11:29:58 - OpenVPN > C:\Windows\system32\route.exe ADD 128.0.0.0 MASK 128.0.0.0 10.4.0.1
. 2016.11.16 11:29:58 - OpenVPN > ROUTE: CreateIpForwardEntry succeeded with dwForwardMetric1=35 and dwForwardType=4
. 2016.11.16 11:29:58 - OpenVPN > Route addition via IPAPI succeeded [adaptive]
. 2016.11.16 11:29:58 - OpenVPN > C:\Windows\system32\route.exe ADD 107.14.73.68 MASK 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.1
. 2016.11.16 11:29:58 - OpenVPN > ROUTE: CreateIpForwardEntry succeeded with dwForwardMetric1=35 and dwForwardType=4
. 2016.11.16 11:29:58 - OpenVPN > Route addition via IPAPI succeeded [adaptive]
. 2016.11.16 11:29:58 - Starting Management Interface
. 2016.11.16 11:30:00 - OpenVPN > Initialization Sequence Completed
. 2016.11.16 11:30:00 - DNS leak protection with packet filtering enabled.
. 2016.11.16 11:30:00 - DNS of a network adapter forced (NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller, from manual (199.85.126.10,199.85.127.10) to 10.4.0.1)
. 2016.11.16 11:30:00 - DNS of a network adapter forced (TAP-Windows Adapter V9, from automatic (10.4.0.1) to 10.4.0.1)
I 2016.11.16 11:30:03 - Flushing DNS
I 2016.11.16 11:30:04 - Checking route
I 2016.11.16 11:30:07 - Checking DNS
! 2016.11.16 11:30:07 - Connected.
. 2016.11.16 11:30:08 - OpenVPN > MANAGEMENT: Client connected from [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:3100
. 2016.11.16 11:30:08 - OpenVpn Management > >INFO:OpenVPN Management Interface Version 1 -- type 'help' for more info

Hello,
 
All of the previous versions of Eddie experimental worked without issue...
However with 2.11.6 on Windows 10 Pro 64-bit Version 1607 (OS Build 14393.447), I get the following error on every start of AirVPN:

I have Eddie set to connect automatically and it stops connecting at this point until I click "OK". Eddie then finishes connecting and works properly. Everything else seems to be working as expected. It is just this annoying error that halts connection and waits for me to click "OK" before connection will complete.
I tried both reinstalling "over the top" and a fresh "clean" install of Eddie as the error suggested, but neither helped and the error continues.
The issue appears to be related to "stunnel.exe" not finding a required file "zlib1.dll" (as far as I know I am not using the stunnel option)...

Thank you very much for your kind help and suggestions, this is highly appreciated!
 
1) I will stick to Eddie client for now, I don't feel ready for the Experimental version yet.
2) Since I don't actually really need an additional privacy layer, and although your guide is very well written and straightforward, I will put TOR aside until I would have done more research on the topic. TOR is an unknown land for me to explore and I need to give it some time before I feel at ease with it.
3) I created new rules in my windows firewall to make sure both incoming and out-coming traffic for airVPN.exe, openvpn.exe, tap.exe and python.exe are allowed. It did not help.
4) I did a system restore but it did not help neither.
5) I am not using Network Lock.
6) I am well aware I should not make any change to my router settings when I'm behind a VPN.
7) ZeroNet's developer (Nofishme) said I had to change ZeroNet configuration as following:
"You have to modify the port zeronet using: create a file zeronet.conf where your zeronet.py is.
[global]
fileserver_port = 51485
Set the local port AirVPN to 51485, then restart zeronet and try again"
I did follow his instructions but since I keep having error 110 when I try to set port forwarding in my Client Area, it could not work. I'm puzzled on how and why error 110 happened in the first place. This is all very confusing and way out of my scope of expertise. I feel completely lost regarding this new issue!
8) I was indeed leaking DNS requests. I corrected this issue in my browser configuration.
9) I may try to reset windows firewall settings but I'm not sure how to revert those settings to what they are now. Will a restore point suffice?
10) If all fail I am tempted to restart from fresh by reinstalling Windows, but this would be as final resort. I would rather give up with ZeroNet and port forwarding to spare me the trouble.
 
Should I start a new thread regarding the new issues I am facing (notably error 110)? This is all very confusing and although I feel discouraged by the repeated failure I am not the kind of person to give up easily so I'll keep trying!

Actually Kepler, don't bother replying to my last posts. I've said the same things to you 2-3 times and it just gets ignored mostly.
 
Just forget all my posts, as I found a (hilarious) video that pretty much perfectly sums up what I want to say (minus the insults, naturally):
 
https://youtu.be/GLG9g7BcjKs
 
If you're then up for doing some extra legwork, I found this video equally instructive (and hilarious):
 
https://youtu.be/P979HaI5qlk
 
I'm out of the discussion. It was fun while it lasted y'all . Thank you for sharing.
 
P.S. If you either want to lighten the mood or can't be assed watching a long video, this is invaluable for the lols, haha:
 
https://youtu.be/HyT7vXdyieM
 
Got a feeling FromtheWalls may like the videos <3.
 
Peace!

Hello!
 
I doubt Air or any serious tech company would ever claim to be "immune" to hacking .
We can't prove if a VPN doesn't log - only make more or less educated guesses. With Air, there's a very low probability of logging, due to: how they run their setup, who runs it, their history, technical features and so forth.

Don't put words into my mouth please.
 
1 - The US barely has democracy to begin with.
2 - DT will hardly do a worse job than Hillary or the nearest equivalent. Including Obama. The difference is rather, that he's more obvious in what he does.
3 - I like democracy. But as I said in another comment, it has to be genuine. Which currently, it often isn't. Especially in the US.
4 - Maybe if it did crumble, it can be re-built and people may actually value it then, as well as derive actual value from it. As opposed to now, where democracy has been hijacked by corporations.
 
As per number 2: Under Obama for instance, drone strikes have increased hugely. But what it really amounts to, is closer to some kind of global assasination campaign. After all, they can attack anyone they like. Now imagine if Iran was doing random drone strikes in the US and justified it with that it's simply "hunting down terrorists". How would you feel? Probably none too safe. Well that's what the US has been doing and is continuing to do. Now, I respect you, but I find it quite troubling that you appear to either refuse or be unwilling to understand the other side of events. I get that you're against Trump, as well as Hillary. But it's not enough to just act outraged when your values are stomped on - you also, in my opinion, need to understand things in more ways than one. Which I don't feel that you're doing. I'm not asking for you to be Pro-Russia or Pro-DT at all or even Anti-US or Anti-Democracy and so on. But simply that you display a more nuanced point of view .
 
Of course, I don't control you and don't want to either, so these are my views. I just think that it gets a little repetitive being shocked/outraged at DT and, in a sense, almost exaggerating the damage he'll do. Because I struggle to see how it would be any different, if he weren't elected. Now I'm talking about democracy of course. In terms of climate change, he's the undisputed nightmare I suppose .

Almost every server I checked is virtual, many of them are with a provider called edis.at.
This means inevitable logging, slow and not guaranteed speeds, and frequent outages.
In case an attacker gains root on the dedicated server which is used to run all those
virtual servers, something that happens, he will see all your traffic. Don't waste your time.

Don't put words into my mouth please.
 
1 - The US barely has democracy to begin with.
2 - DT will hardly do a worse job than Hillary or the nearest equivalent. Including Obama. The difference is rather, that he's more obvious in what he does.
3 - I like democracy. But as I said in another comment, it has to be genuine. Which currently, it often isn't. Especially in the US.
4 - Maybe if it did crumble, it can be re-built and people may actually value it then, as well as derive actual value from it. As opposed to now, where democracy has been hijacked by corporations.
 
As per number 2: Under Obama for instance, drone strikes have increased hugely. But what it really amounts to, is closer to some kind of global assasination campaign. After all, they can attack anyone they like. Now imagine if Iran was doing random drone strikes in the US and justified it with that it's simply "hunting down terrorists". How would you feel? Probably none too safe. Well that's what the US has been doing and is continuing to do. Now, I respect you, but I find it quite troubling that you appear to either refuse or be unwilling to understand the other side of events. I get that you're against Trump, as well as Hillary. But it's not enough to just act outraged when your values are stomped on - you also, in my opinion, need to understand things in more ways than one. Which I don't feel that you're doing. I'm not asking for you to be Pro-Russia or Pro-DT at all or even Anti-US or Anti-Democracy and so on. But simply that you display a more nuanced point of view .
 
Of course, I don't control you and don't want to either, so these are my views. I just think that it gets a little repetitive being shocked/outraged at DT and, in a sense, almost exaggerating the damage he'll do. Because I struggle to see how it would be any different, if he weren't elected. Now I'm talking about democracy of course. In terms of climate change, he's the undisputed nightmare I suppose .

Don't put words into my mouth please.
 
1 - The US barely has democracy to begin with.
2 - DT will hardly do a worse job than Hillary or the nearest equivalent. Including Obama. The difference is rather, that he's more obvious in what he does.
3 - I like democracy. But as I said in another comment, it has to be genuine. Which currently, it often isn't. Especially in the US.
4 - Maybe if it did crumble, it can be re-built and people may actually value it then, as well as derive actual value from it. As opposed to now, where democracy has been hijacked by corporations.
 
As per number 2: Under Obama for instance, drone strikes have increased hugely. But what it really amounts to, is closer to some kind of global assasination campaign. After all, they can attack anyone they like. Now imagine if Iran was doing random drone strikes in the US and justified it with that it's simply "hunting down terrorists". How would you feel? Probably none too safe. Well that's what the US has been doing and is continuing to do. Now, I respect you, but I find it quite troubling that you appear to either refuse or be unwilling to understand the other side of events. I get that you're against Trump, as well as Hillary. But it's not enough to just act outraged when your values are stomped on - you also, in my opinion, need to understand things in more ways than one. Which I don't feel that you're doing. I'm not asking for you to be Pro-Russia or Pro-DT at all or even Anti-US or Anti-Democracy and so on. But simply that you display a more nuanced point of view .
 
Of course, I don't control you and don't want to either, so these are my views. I just think that it gets a little repetitive being shocked/outraged at DT and, in a sense, almost exaggerating the damage he'll do. Because I struggle to see how it would be any different, if he weren't elected. Now I'm talking about democracy of course. In terms of climate change, he's the undisputed nightmare I suppose .

You may want to look at using Electrum as a client/wallet on your own computer:
 
https://electrum.org/#download
 
That way you are not relying on someone else to hold your bitcoins (and guard your privacy as you spend them) on your behalf. Transfer everything from the place you bought it to your own wallet immediately.
 
And Electrum can operate over Tor.
 
Also, if you do not want to have to provide a lot of ID and copies of bills and stuff (for proof of address), there are a few sites that only validate who you are by texting a PIN to your cell phone. For example in Canada:
 
https://quickbt.com/ca/faq/
 
To use QuickBT you must have your own wallet. They do not hold bitcoins for you. Generally QuickBT seems to charge a higher mark up than the full exchanges I bothered to register for, at least if I want to buy more than a small amount. But given the volatility of the value of the bitcoin,  trying to save a few percentage points may be pointless. And going through the registration process that most exchanges require is a real pain.
 
The last exchange I used in Canada was:
 
https://www.quadrigacx.com/
 
I was signed up for another Canadian exchange, but it got bought out (so I think they may want me to register again) by:
 
https://www.kraken.com/
 
This appears not to be just Canadian.

Hello!
 
It would be welcomed if you provided more information and/or followed the steps in the relevant guide, in my signature. We don't even know which server it is!