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Is this a some kind of sick, sarcastic joke?

by crispyporkbites 6y ago

Thorentis 6y ago
Only if in your mind "VPN" equals "anonymity and privacy" (which it shouldn't).
- crispyporkbites 6y ago
  The P stands for Private so I think privacy would be a part of it somehow.
  - kennywinker 6y ago
    And the V stands for virtual, which means "almost". So if it's almost private it fits the name.
  - deleted 6y ago
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  - Jtsummers 6y ago
    Private vs public. VPNs are to allow you to connect to a private network over a public network. They are not about user privacy. Once you hit that private network, privacy is determined by other protocols, not the VPN itself.
- kadoban 6y ago
  What should a VPN be for if not privacy?
  - wmf 6y ago
    Accessing legacy corporate networks.
  - bryanrasmussen 6y ago
    providing a thin smokescreen of plausibility that you are actually in the country you need to be in to access a particular media resource. Which for some reason I don't expect Google's VPN to help you with at all.
    - lima 6y ago
      > Which for some reason I don't expect Google's VPN to help you with at all. They explicitly say that the VPN will choose the nearest exit point for best performance so, no, it won't.
  - d1zzy 6y ago
    Geographical IP relocation seems like a common reason to use it. Also just because Google may have access to some information it doesn't mean that everyone else has. You can't stop companies from gathering information when you interact with their services but you can do things to avoid having all that information aggregated (it would require using different IP addresses for different services, so a VPN can help, among other things).
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  - snazz 6y ago
    Some public networks (like those at airports and coffee shops) still do sketchy things like injecting ads into HTTP sites and breaking DNS. A VPN is a great solution to these problems.
  - dudus 6y ago
    Most of the time to access netflix catalogue from a different country.
malux85 6y ago
I know, I actually laughed out loud.

Is this a some kind of sick, sarcastic joke?

Thorentis 6y ago

Only if in your mind "VPN" equals "anonymity and privacy" (which it shouldn't).

crispyporkbites 6y ago
The P stands for Private so I think privacy would be a part of it somehow.
- kennywinker 6y ago
  And the V stands for virtual, which means "almost". So if it's almost private it fits the name.
- deleted 6y ago
  [deleted]
- Jtsummers 6y ago
  Private vs public. VPNs are to allow you to connect to a private network over a public network. They are not about user privacy. Once you hit that private network, privacy is determined by other protocols, not the VPN itself.
kadoban 6y ago
What should a VPN be for if not privacy?
- wmf 6y ago
  Accessing legacy corporate networks.
- bryanrasmussen 6y ago
  providing a thin smokescreen of plausibility that you are actually in the country you need to be in to access a particular media resource. Which for some reason I don't expect Google's VPN to help you with at all.
  - lima 6y ago
    > Which for some reason I don't expect Google's VPN to help you with at all. They explicitly say that the VPN will choose the nearest exit point for best performance so, no, it won't.
- d1zzy 6y ago
  Geographical IP relocation seems like a common reason to use it. Also just because Google may have access to some information it doesn't mean that everyone else has. You can't stop companies from gathering information when you interact with their services but you can do things to avoid having all that information aggregated (it would require using different IP addresses for different services, so a VPN can help, among other things).
- deleted 6y ago
  [deleted]
- snazz 6y ago
  Some public networks (like those at airports and coffee shops) still do sketchy things like injecting ads into HTTP sites and breaking DNS. A VPN is a great solution to these problems.
- dudus 6y ago
  Most of the time to access netflix catalogue from a different country.

malux85 6y ago

I know, I actually laughed out loud.