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freestockoption on Sept 8, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Comcast Blocks VPN Traffic

Also why are people still using PPTP?! I thought it was considered compromised.

kinkdr on Sept 8, 2016 | [–]

When you don't need strong encryption, but need low-latency, high-throughput on a low end device.

One such use case is IP address masquerading.

aboonaboo on Sept 8, 2016 | [–]

Netflix geolocation spoofing

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