Yes, I agree that this is overly generic. But it's important to realize that most people don't have the technical knowledge to approach this from a nuanced pers

Yes, I agree that this is overly generic. But it's important to realize that most people don't have the technical knowledge to approach this from a nuanced perspective. For them, it is all or nothing. I wrote a post pretty similar to this about Tor several years ago. That's even worse than a VPN.