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> It is literally the kind of data collection that people use VPNs to avoid! I have a feeling that a majority of VPN app users use them with the intent of prev
by eric_h 8y ago
> It is literally the kind of data collection that people use VPNs to avoid!
I have a feeling that a majority of VPN app users use them with the intent of preventing a specific party from collecting that data (e.g. an employer or a government).
- inlined 8y agoThere's also a lot of people who use VPNs to keep their browsing private while they're on a broadly accessible wifi
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoI get why people would use a VPN to thwart censorship but I never really understood this line of reasoning. It seems that instead of giving a few minutes' browsing history to an unknown wireless provider, users are giving their entire history to an unknown VPN provider. Am I missing something?
- thecatspaw 8y agoYou can set up your own vpn server.
- d0lph 8y agoMany VPN providers claim to not keep logs, and have varying levels of trustability.