I appreciate your comment. That's pretty much what happened to me on fascistbook. I took myself off there at least a year and a half ago. The only thing I want to be on there for is one or 2 pages that put up information about this corrupt town that I can't find elsewhere. Recently, I tried twice to get back on, both times with a VPN, fake name, age....didn't give any more information than was absolutely necessary. From the beginning, I could never access anything and within a couple of days, the account was disabled. Second time, I used a new proton mail account, fake name, etc. AND used Tor. Didn't make any difference. They disabled that account within just a few minutes. My conclusion is that a VPN is way overrated. I am running Ubuntu Linux and despite the greater security that it has, it made NO difference with fascistbook.
I appreciate your comment. That's pretty much what happened to me on fascistbook. I took myself off there at least a year and a half ago. The only thing I want to be on there for is one or 2 pages that put up information about this corrupt town that I can't find elsewhere. Recently, I tried twice to get back on, both times with a VPN, fake name, age....didn't give any more information than was absolutely necessary. From the beginning, I could never access anything and within a couple of days, the account was disabled. Second time, I used a new proton mail account, fake name, etc. AND used Tor. Didn't make any difference. They disabled that account within just a few minutes. My conclusion is that a VPN is way overrated. I am running Ubuntu Linux and despite the greater security that it has, it made NO difference with fascistbook.
A VPN is definitely overrated.
Any commercial VPN can be traced back to you by either the exchange of money or the governmental pressure.
There are use cases, but internet privacy isn't strictly one of them.
It's been disappointing but I am always looking for solutions; perhaps I'll find one. :-)