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I'm (British) getting the impression that VPNs are becoming rather important to Americans (int al). Please bear in mind that us foreigners don't always get the
by gerdesj 9y ago
I'm (British) getting the impression that VPNs are becoming rather important to Americans (int al). Please bear in mind that us foreigners don't always get the memo about the current flavour of the day in all countries. I'm well aware that citizens of CN and many others really need privacy but it seems that there is a reasonably recent strange US fetish with VPNs.
Could someone please explain?
- Gaelan 9y agoIirc, a few months ago congress repealed a law banning ISP tracking of customer traffic.
- bitxbitxbitcoin 9y agoUS Congress passed a law earlier this year that dismantled FCC internet privacy protections which prevented peoples' internet service providers from fully capitalizing on peoples' internet history. VPN use is a way to encrypt your internet traffic, use not-your-ISP's-DNS, and protecting private information from being siphoned and ultimately sold. Hope this helps explain the fetish! Disclosure: I am a PIA employee.
- olejorgenb 9y agohttps://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/03/isps-and-fcc-chair-ajit-pai-celebrate-death-of-online-privacy-rules/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/03/isps-and-fcc-cha... I presume
- hakanito 9y agoOne reason might be that if you download pirated content you have to do so over VPN. Otherwise your ISP will likely reach out and let you know you are doing something illegal
- gmac 9y agoI'm (British) getting the exact same impression for the UK, given the Investigatory Powers Bill[1] that compels your ISP to log all websites you visit. This is why I now tunnel all my browsing over an IKEv2 VPN. [1] http://www.wired.co.uk/article/ip-bill-law-details-passed http://www.wired.co.uk/article/ip-bill-law-details-passed