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These "VPN" services should be called Virtual ISPs (VISP services). They're not a VPN in the classic sense of extending a private IP address space (like 10.0.0.
by SAI_Peregrinus 4y ago
These "VPN" services should be called Virtual ISPs (VISP services). They're not a VPN in the classic sense of extending a private IP address space (like 10.0.0.0/8) over the internet. They can do anything a physical ISP can do with your traffic.
If you trust the VISP service to protect your privacy more than your physical ISP, they might be useful for privacy. Otherwise they're harmful to privacy, and only useful for getting around region locks.
- bearmode 4y agoHm, do I trust a company whose entire reputation is staked on keeping my data private, and who've been audited numerous times, as well as tested in court? Or do I test my ISP, who absolutely doesn't care about my privacy and would give up my data at a moment's notice? As long as you've researched your VPN provider, there's almost no reason to trust your ISP over them.