Quote Originally Posted by cdnmatt View Post
@frequent -- VPNs don't help as much as you think. Yes, they do somewhat help hide your identity, and let you easily fool a site like Netflix as to what country you're in. However, if you end up on someone like the FBI's radar, then a VPN won't help too much.
We're not talking about "ending up on" we're discussing "starting from". AsDaRa was asserting that to "track the IP number of the guy who started this post" would lead to an identification (not even a conviction). I was merely pointing out that that is complete tosh

As for Netflix, all they are doing when they block VPNs is to do an analysis of a disproportionate number of connections coming via a small range of IP addresses, and infer that that's a characteristic signature of VPN usage. No knowledge, just inference. Again, if you're reading the papers you'll have seen the outcry led by the British, over encrypted message Apps which, by implication, offer a level of security for their users way above mere VPNs. Nevertheless, as a first line of defence, the VPN is the way to go - and let's face it, such a defence is well beyond the Thai government's cyber capabilities