Uhm, what? Maybe my ISP knows, but they are regulated (at least here). But VPN is a virtual direct-line to another server.
And while Mozilla has some telemetry and “experiments”, they don’t track your browsing habits.
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dev_null@lemmy.ml 3 weeks agoThey also know it’s you when you don’t use it. I’m not sure how is it worse? Seems like a handy way to go around geoblocks.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Nalivai@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Another server that belongs to the same company as your browser, so they have an access to both ends of the direct line. If you don’t trust Mozilla to be thrustworthy vpn server (which is good, shouldn’t trust anyone), bad news, they already have an access to your whole traffic because they own your browser
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
But unlike the VPN server, the browser is on my end and i can make sure it doesn’t rat me out. Coincidentally, my policies.json over the years was almost the same as Waterfox’.
Nalivai@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
People’s conception of what VPN actually does is skewed by shady ads. Now they hear VPN and assume it’s suppose to be this unbreakable anonymizer that somehow also secures you from some unspecified dangers.
sakuraba@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
every fucking youtuber is sponsored with those ads i hate this timeline
its better than betterhelp i guess
dev_null@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
A VPN to me is a way to prevent my ISP from seeing I torrent and to go around geoblocks. It’s not a privacy tool at all. So yeah, I’m evaluating them from that angle.