Comment on How VPNs really work: Protocols, safety and myth - Sentient Rant
Overspark@piefed.social 1 day ago
5) It means you’re letting a different company (VPN provider instead of ISP) see everything you do. In countries with sane privacy laws (i.e. not the US) this is very often a net negative for your privacy, as your ISP will be bound by your country’s privacy laws and most VPN providers are foreign (and often based in the US).
Good blog. You touch on this point in the blog but IMHO it should be one of your main talking points.
sentientRant@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Not all VPNs are fraud. Purchasing a good VPN plan should be done after a lot of research. Because the most popular or cheaper could be the worst one.
Overspark@piefed.social 1 day ago
Agreed, hence the “very often” and not “always”. You are always trusting the VPN provider to not fuck you over, and there probably are a few who don’t.