NightDice
Hi, I’m NightDice and this is my Lemmy account.
I’m an avid Guild Wars 2 and Magic the Gathering player and general nerd.
Looking to see how many of my communities I can connect with on the fediverse.
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I think you’re reading too much into this. They are likely legally required to hand over a list of their employees to the US government. Like, if sou really don’t want them to do that, your only other option is quitting on the spot (or refusing and being let go, in case that makes a difference for things like unemployment benefits in your country).
Generally speaking, you never want to use a low port (<1024) for anything other than the service assigned to it, because it causes all kinds of headache. Both on your side and on the other side. As for high ports, pick whichever one you prefer. They don’t have any binding to a given service, though there are some conventions.
The thing that shows people you’re running a VPN is not the port but the protocol header, so changing the port is pretty much useless if you want your ISP to not know you’re running a VPN for some reason.
Speaking as GenZ (or Millennial, depends who you ask for the definition): fuuuuck that.
Speaking to the article specifically: I don’t trust a surveillance vendor to work honestly when surveying the acceptance of their surveillance tool. The article also fails to mention (if it does, it’s so brief I missed it) that the pressure some parents put on their kids to install and allow these kinds of spyware is immense. The kid having it on does not equate to the kid choosing to have it on.