Do you trust the SSL and logs or do you VPN everything?
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Reading more about Usenet, apparently SSL is sufficient, but being the paranoid bastard that I am, I still run shit through VPN.
The way I read it is this. If you trust the services aren't IP logging, the SSL isn't getting hacked by any TLAs. If you don't trust them VPN keeps them from doxxing your IP.
Right, I don't trust most companies further than I can spit, so if I give myself a little bit of extra protection and also happen to avoid DMCA smacks, then...yeah. worth it.