Title says it all. I’ll go first:

I don’t really have any on my computer (all I use that for is Vim, Firefox, and Git), but on my phone: Orbot (basically Tor as a VPN on your phone).

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    • EatSleepBatheRepeat@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      I hear such mixed messages about this and would love for somebody to educate me. Do we:

      • Avoid using tor to free it up for those who actually need it

      • Use tor whenever, and normalise it so that somebody using tor isn’t immediately considered to be a journalist/dissident/person with something to hide.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, you really aren’t supposed to… I rarely use Orbot to be honest, it’s just super useful if I do need to use it, like on a network that blocks a whole bunch of things and you want to catch up on Matrix messages or whatever. Also, if you’re worried about your phone updating or making a bunch of useless requests, you can turn on low data mode/mark your current connection as metered.