Commercial Virtual Private Networks are a way of extending the end of your network to exit somewhere else in the world. This can have substantial privacy benefits, but not all VPNs are created equa...

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    • freddy@lemmy.oneOPMEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Not quite… The video covers this, as does our overview:

      Using a VPN in cases where you’re using your real-life or well-known identity online is unlikely to be useful. Doing so may trigger spam and fraud detection systems, such as if you were to log into your bank’s website.

    • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      4 months ago

      That is idiotic.

      VPNs absolutely have their places.

      But if you don’t trust your ISP, why would you trust your VPN service with all your internet data?

        • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
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          4 months ago

          That is a fair answer.

          Though I would hesitate to use your trust in your own ISP and VPN as a blanket statement for trust with regards to other’s setup

        • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
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          4 months ago

          I think this is a bit more like it. I once had a very nice and transparent ISP for some time, due to circumstances. They didn’t keep any logs at all. That’s better than most VPN providers. So any VPN would have been a major downgrade for me. Now I’m with one if the major Geman ISPs. I’m pretty sure they don’t steal my data, because that’s not in the contract we signed. And not like common knowledge that they’d do anything like that. I think I trust them more than a random NordVPN or shady super cheap VPN provider. Sure they’ll do lawful intercept. And there are use-cases for VPNs. But I rather do my online banking without any VPN and the data travelling through 3 other countries, since I have a good alternative. Also makes gaming, videoconferencing etc faster/better.

          And a VPN just doesn’t do much in a lot of scenarios. For example if my cellphone provider uses or sells my location data from the cell towers… That’ll happen with or without a VPN. You’d be better off changing providers.