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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVDQEoe6ZWY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVDQEoe6ZWY That's a video about NordVPN's dishonest advertising and how deeply it'
by msla 4y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVDQEoe6ZWY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVDQEoe6ZWY
That's a video about NordVPN's dishonest advertising and how deeply it's infected YouTube.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/nordvpn-ad-banned-for-exaggerating-threat-of-public-wi-fi https://www.pcmag.com/news/nordvpn-ad-banned-for-exaggeratin...
> The UK's Advertising Standards Agency(Opens in a new window) has banned a NordVPN commercial for misleading viewers about the privacy risks of using a public Wi-Fi network without also having a VPN.
In essence: HTTPS already does what NordVPN claims you need a VPN to do. More, in fact, because HTTPS validates that the domain you're communicating with is the domain that shows up in your browser's address bar, which a VPN can't do on its own.
- PlutoIsAPlanet 4y agoIt's pretty silly when you see it being advertised on various high profile YouTube channels as some kind of magic protection that protects you from ID theft, password leaks, viruses etc.
- phantom784 4y agoSince making that, Tom Scott has done sponsorships for NordVPN (but has always avoided the exaggerated claims from what I've seen).
- throw0101b 4y ago> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVDQEoe6ZWY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVDQEoe6ZWY This is Tom Scott's 'original' 2019 video called "This Video Is Sponsored By [redacted] VPN" where he explains most of the reasons listed to use VPN by ads is useless. However a few years later with "My robot double sells out (so I don't have to)" he did a follow-up listing useful reasons (geo-based content, better prices on vacation sites, etc) in which he was sponsored by NordVPN: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXlQuTRSmzc&t=6m25s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXlQuTRSmzc&t=6m25s
- DeathArrow 4y agoHTTPS is not going to hide your IP or the IP of the websites you access. Beside HTTPS there are other network protocols people are using.
- msla 4y agoThe point, though, is that NordVPN advertises their VPN as being the only reason your bank account information isn't stolen when you use WiFi.