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I want to use one so my ISP can't sell my, and the rest of my family's, browsing history. Nothing to do with torrenting.
by smhenderson 9y ago
I want to use one so my ISP can't sell my, and the rest of my family's, browsing history. Nothing to do with torrenting.
- problems 9y agoYeah, now your VPN provider can instead. So much better.
- smhenderson 9y agoThe whole point of the article is that you need to do your research and choose someone that won't do that to you.
- problems 9y agoThere's no way for them to guarantee that to you. It's just 100% marketing wank. If you want privacy use Tor or similar.
- vorpalhex 9y agoUnless you just setup your own VPN? Or maybe trust external auditors? Or otherwise spend time actually looking into service providers before giving them your money?
- problems 9y agoSetting up your own is better for doing it privately - takes out an unnecessary extra party at least. Still not perfect of course, the data center and ISPs can still see your traffic and connections on both sides, so still cannot be considered truly private. Interesting that you say "external auditors" though - have any commercial VPN providers offered anything like that? Of course, it'd only be worth something if they'd put their money where their mouths are in a form of insurance payout if they were wrong.
- hourislate 9y agoThe best consumer VPN service I have used is Privateinternetaccess. Never had an issue, they have been reliable and fast and support all clients. It is simple enough for children to use and very affordable.
- rbcgerard 9y agoI like Freedome from F-Secure pretty user friendly so it actually gets used... https://www.f-secure.com/en/web/home_global/freedome https://www.f-secure.com/en/web/home_global/freedome