- cross-posted to:
- technology@beehaw.org
- cross-posted to:
- technology@beehaw.org
Nice try FBI.
I thought it was big Telco …
I most definitely do need a VPN. I’m completely over being subscribed to multiple streaming services and trying to remember/figure out which one has which shows. VPN service is cheaper and everything I want to watch ends up in one place. 🦜🏴☠️
I’m sailing in the same boat
This article is basically summed up: “VPNs don’t completely eliminate your digital footprint, so don’t use them unless you need to accomplish these specific things.”
It seems pretty disingenuous to discourage people from taking steps to protect their privacy in this way. It may not be sponsored, but it’s still bullshit.
VPNs don’t really protect your privacy though, except in cases where you’ve already eliminated other means of tracking (e.g. fresh incognito browser tab + VPN). Every website and service I use still has a record of my activity if I’m logged in, advertiser networks have other means of tracking you, etc.
The issue is buying a VPN and thinking that’s the end of it.
Incognito does basically nothing other then not feeling a history.
A VPN hides your activity from anyone that has access to the network, especially the router or DNS server, and more importantly from your ISP.
It protects your ip address, and your ISP from knowing what you’re doing. It also protects you on public wifi from nefarious actors. VPN’s aren’t meant to protect you from Google advertising while checking your Gmail account…
It just routes everything to a 3rd party, your choice who you trust