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Facebook bought a VPN company and deployed it, in part, to spy on its users. (techcrunch.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is the problem with using VPN services in general, you have to have complete trust in the service provider.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There is a lot of confusion amongst plenty people here, in how they are perceiving VPNs.

It is correct that VPNs are not designed for complete anonymity, security or privacy. However, they absolutely are designed for privacy and anonymity against certain actors, ISPs and regular script kiddies being one of them.

It is also correct that VPNs are not easy to trust, but that is the case with most, NOT all VPNs. Mullvad, IVPN are solid paid options, and Windscribe, AirVPN, ProtonVPN and Cryptostorm are slightly below but good to use as free/paid options. Most other VPNs either have poor technical management, poor uptime or poor track record (affiliate ads, user data leaks) or may be shady.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I agree, it's all about understanding what the actual value these services provide is and what the risks are. There are legitimate use cases, but it's important to be aware that it's not a panacea.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This is a very important video to watch for ordinary people, as far as VPNs are concerned. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVDQEoe6ZWY

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://www.piped.video/watch?v=WVDQEoe6ZWY

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

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