On: Do you need a VPN?

[jumpkickhit]

I guess the future is a ten-pack of cheap netbooks, a linux live CD, and free public wi-fi.

Access the internet, then smash the entire thing and throw it away and repeat.

[zeep → jumpkickhit]

Randomizing your MAC Address and using a live CD would not be enough for most cases?

[jumpkickhit → zeep]

I wouldn't think so with fingerprinting, intel ME and individual processor IDs and such.

I was just giving an extreme example for true anonymity now, something we just sort of had on the internet in the 90's.