Just a small heads up; ive noticed a uptick in links spread on Reddit, 4chan and even here to collaborative playlist from youtube, spotify and similar with very non or very few followers. All coming from new accounts.

Its a common way to fish for your personal data. They will make a new list and post it in only certain posts/threads and wait for you to subscribe with your account.

An easy way to protect yourself is by setting your phone or pc to open links in a second browser where you are not logged into anything. Set it to delete cookies on exit.

Thank you for coming to my ted talk.

  • ☭ 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗘𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 ☭M
    2•2 years ago

    Depends on the proxies. torsocks is certainly better for anonymity, but it’s usually significantly slower than using a VPN. Other SOCKS5 proxies may be faster than VPNs, but AFAICT they’re often less secure.

    • immoral_hedgeOP
      2•2 years ago

      Yup, its the encryption in the VPN that usually slows you down. SOCKS5 does not have that, thereby faster.

      • ☭ 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗘𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 ☭M
        2•2 years ago

        That was my understanding, too. As long as you use HTTPS and trust the proxy provider, I guess it can be fine, but they seem more suitable for bypassing regional restrictions rather than for security (excluding torsocks and the like)