Lunar Dance 666 said:
Thank you so much for posting this. I just found out the vpn I had been using was malfunctioning!

:shock:
I only connect to ancient forums using Tor but man that was a nasty surprise!
In fact, with the right security systems in place, you can use ProtonVPN, which is free, or RiseupVPN, which doesn't even require an account and is a highly encrypted VPN. With RiseupVPN, you can also use a bridge, which is even better. Lokinet can also be used as a VPN, or even browsing two VPNs at the same time with a proxy like Tor Proxy (8118), and all internet traffic runs over the Tor network, but you need Privoxy to set this up manually.
It's not complicated, I covered it in the "Cybersecurity on Linux" post.
Happy Yule!