Being pushed for a technologically illiterate ex headteacher as usual.

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      And there probably are some free ones which still sell access to your home network/computer. Let’s protect kids harder by pushing them to download sketchy software!

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      the free tiers are all basically useless lets not waste each other’s time with nonsense. and the vast majority require a CC to purchase. so again, lets not waste each others time.

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        Certainly not. When I tried free Proton I could get up to 600Mbps. That is very usable.

        Furthermore, some can be purchased via other methods like cash (Mullvad, IVPN, Proton). I am sure they can buy postage stamps and send mail.

        And Mullvad vouchers are also sold physically in few stores based on their website, though only in Sweden (Inet, Webhallen) and Germany (ProxyStore).

        Lastly, kids can also have their own debit cards too, or just steal their parent’s. OR, there’s stuff like Visa gift cards.

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          you seem really stuck on this. lol. go ahead find me the child mailing mullvad, ivpn, and proton. technically you’re correct. but I assure you almost no child does this and if they did their almost certain capable enough to work around any road blocks you start putting up. like switching to a client that supports i2p.

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          When I tried free Proton I could get up to 600Mbps.

          It should be noted for everyone else that this is very likely bullshit, and even if it’s not, your speeds depend entirely upon how full the server is and won’t be that fast most of the time. Proton’s free tier is known for being absolute garbage most of the time, bordering on unusable.

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            Tested with SANET (Slovak academic network).

            It’s an old result, tried with exit IP 89.187.164.251.

            I tried to search it up, it is shown in one list of ProtonVPN addresses on Google, but the GitHub site gives 404.

            Edit: Wireguard, I should add.