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> What exactly is "daft" about using a 3rd-party VPN service? Generally speaking, when push comes to shove, their “no logs“ policy lets them turn over whatever

• DavideNL 4y ago
  > their “no logs“ policy lets them turn over whatever information $law_enforcement_agency asks for You're treating this as a "black and white" scenario, which is wrong in my opinion. There are also a few trustworthy VPN services which don't log, and do respect privacy. However, obviously they can be forced to log your connection, in case a government wants to solve some crime/threat. But this is just the same for VPS providers, so there's no advantage there.
• midoridensha 4y ago
  >Generally speaking, when push comes to shove, their “no logs“ policy lets them turn over whatever information $law_enforcement_agency asks for. Not really, no. No company is required to cooperate with law enforcement from foreign countries. So if you're trying to hide activity from government X, and you use a VPN in country Y, you don't have much to worry about. A US-based VPN, for instance, is going to laugh at demands from the Chinese police for their logs. Similarly, a Hong Kong-based VPN is going to laugh at demands from American police.