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1) I trust the privacy laws and their level of enforcement in certain foreign jurisdictions more than the US. 2) I trust a company who’s entire value propositi
by dcolkitt 6y ago
1) I trust the privacy laws and their level of enforcement in certain foreign jurisdictions more than the US.
2) I trust a company who’s entire value proposition is privacy more than one who’s value proposition is having a monopoly on the local fiber.
- pstrateman 6y agoHave you considered that their primary revenue stream is selling your data and not the fee you pay? Many of the VPN providers are suspiciously cheap.
- danShumway 6y agoWell, don't buy from a VPN provider that is suspiciously cheap. If a no-name company starts selling suspiciously cheap smartphones, the odds of those smartphones being backdoored/stolen/broken goes up pretty dramatically. That doesn't mean that every company selling smartphones is equally untrustworthy. Of course it's a problem how hard it is to tell if a VPN company is trustworthy, but that's a problem that exists for almost every 3rd-party relationship I enter into.
- falcolas 6y ago> who’s entire value proposition is privacy I wouldn't believe any corporation who says this. A profile of a self-identified private person's traffic is likely worth a lot more than what a niche audience will pay for privacy. VPNs have a history of lying about their business models, about how private their service really is. International contract enforcement won't exactly leave you with a lot of leverage if (pragmatically, when) they lie to you. And merely being international certainly won't stop a state level actor who is intent on gaining access to your traffic.