As someone who is unlucky enough to live in Russia, VPN is now more or less a necessity to access information around Putin's internet censorship. However, whil

As someone who is unlucky enough to live in Russia, VPN is now more or less a necessity to access information around Putin's internet censorship. However, while using it I've found some unlikely virtues of using VPN: - I'm never offered ads based on my location - Services like Google are not suspicious of your logins and don't bother you with additional 2fa measures. Previously it could be a real pain if you are abroad without your regular phone service and Google really wants you to enter that code it sent you over SMS.