Do You Need A VPN?
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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That's what the VPN providers like you to believe in.
Nah homie, I am from LATAM, no good reason, no eyes care for what I do online here.
The only reason (and the most popular among the people I know) is to get better content (AKA USA) on streaming sites such as Netflix lol... And I have been using ProtonVPN free as of recently because it is an easy way to get rid of my IPv6 connection in my Android phone (why is this so unnecessarily hard to achieve BTW!?) because I think my ISP is shit and can't handle IPv6+IPv4 sites properly or IDK... I get huge delays browsing sites like Trakt and Plex from my Android phone.... And I am afraid I use both servcies daily... YouTube and Spotify also take its time loading, all these issues go away once I switch to an IPv4 network only.
Oh, and some Lemmy images take longer to load here too!
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?
Because I trust my VPN more then my ISP. This is a pretty obvious and common answer.
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
Sure. Everyone needs to evaluate who or what they trust based on their own threat model.
Most people outside of the US does absolutely have a choice of their ISP.
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.
And what would that be?
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.
I think this is dumb, what if I'm traveling and I want to check my bank. SMDH, I hate the geoblocking bullshit the internet is full of nowadays