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Trusting a VPN provider is an entirely different thing than trusting AWS et al though. VPN providers are far more likely than AWS to do the kind of shady thing
by _-___________-_ 6y ago
Trusting a VPN provider is an entirely different thing than trusting AWS et al though.
VPN providers are far more likely than AWS to do the kind of shady things that might matter to your relatives, like selling their personal data.
- Brian_K_White 6y agoSaying "Trusting a vpn provider ..." is like saying "Trusting a person ..." It's meaningless. VPN providers come in the same full spectrum of integrity as people or companies.
- Razengan 6y agoBut how do you verify?
- somehnguy 6y agoHow do you verify that AWS isn’t introspecting everything on your instance and stealing your data? At some point you can’t, you can only make a best judgement based on what they’re telling you and what you’ve found elsewhere.
- kuzimoto 6y agoAre court cases enough? https://torrentfreak.com/private-internet-access-no-logging-claims-proven-true-again-in-court-180606/ https://torrentfreak.com/private-internet-access-no-logging-...
- colesantiago 6y ago> VPN providers are far more likely than AWS to do the kind of shady things that might matter to your relatives, like selling their personal data. How do you know that AWS isn't spying on your systems? Are they transparent? Do AWS release detailed transparency reports on their servers? You are identified when you pay for AWS no? I'd rather trust a specialist privacy VPN provider like Mullvad, than me rolling my own VPN on a provider that isn't even transparent and that is hard to use for consumers other than myself. my 2c.
- fomine3 6y agoEven though you trust VPN provider, anyway you should also trust VPS (or colo but it has limited ability to spy) provider that used by VPN.