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Blog posts like this are just stupid. I mean FFS, you are basing your entire privacy beliefs on what a company tells you, but in the end you are still transiti
by traceroute66 5y ago
Blog posts like this are just stupid.
I mean FFS, you are basing your entire privacy beliefs on what a company tells you, but in the end you are still transiting all your internet traffic through their servers.
For starters, how many of these VPN providers actually have regular fully independent, completely open-book, open-doors, audits of 100% of their infrastructure stack. None.
What is that old saying in cyber-security ? Physical access equals game over ?
Well, it's the same for privacy.
You don't control their servers.
You don't control who they use as upstream internet providers.
Hence you will never know the real answer on whether or not your traffic is being snooped on and by whom unless you are controlling the experience yourself end-to-end.
- vmception 5y agoRight, the concept alone has limitations so it is weird how tribal people are about their favorite VPN provider. Name a single VPN provider having no way of having the privacy assurance and people will argue about your proof because to them it damns that company. As opposed to acknowledging that no VPN provider can offer that assurance. Don't name a VPN provider and people will assume their VPN provider is different, whether its a complete misunderstanding of Swiss data laws, or a gimmick about mailing cash to a PO box.