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let's say that VPNs are compromised and "they" know that you're downloading "illegally"
in order to prosecute, "they" have to prove you're a pirate and show how they know
would they compromise their backDoor to go after a tiny pirate?
you don't really need to scare quote they in this context. The NSA and similar organizations are real and operating at this scale right now.
Will they compromise their back door to go after a pirate? No. Will they collect data on you to profile you and your activities and use that in the future? Yes.
It is not if, it is when the digital police state is imposed will we know the real end state of this level of data collection. My warning about them is not just about the pirates, its about installing their software and letting them port mirror you and cache your dns calls for years to target you later.
This is why I compose all my messages on an air gapped computer and send them out from my compound with couriers.
I personally just use a VPN that connects to NSA servers so they think it's themselves doing the torrenting.
Unless you PGP-encrypt everything by hand you've just lost the fight
Who controls the couriers though
And that's why the only thing I use my VPN for is piracy. Don't really have a good reason to push anything else through it.
this information isn't likely to be public after the fact.
Oh also people use VPNs to buy DIY hormones online, what happens when the inevitable US anti trans witch hunt happens?
nothing because it's fucking hormones. It's not meth.
Estrogen, yes. Trans guys are fucked if we've got to order testosterone off the internet.
yeah, and? What are they going to do? Send the DEA after you for growing GMO titties? Gonna hit you with the ATF because you grew hormonally altered facial hair?
They've got shit like fentanyl to be worrying about. I think this is probably the least of concerns, especially considering this is less "drug addiction" and more "illegal prescription drugs" instead. Besides, they don't get drug money from trans people.
It's certainly a potential risk for procurement of the drug legally. But that's already a problem.