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papachito
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How Richard Stallman Browses the Internet
RMS doesn't use cellphones 3G/GSM for privacy reasons.
AngryParsley
on May 26, 2010
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If that's the case, can't he use a 3G card but just send all his data over a VPN/ssh tunnel/ssl proxy/whatever?
kragen
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No, that doesn't help.
AngryParsley
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Why not? With a VPN, anyone capturing data on the wire would see encrypted traffic to a single server owned by RMS or someone he trusts.
tjr
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I believe that the issue is that he doesn't want the network service provider to know where he is.
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