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>With a VPN, the VPN provider sees those IPs. How is that better? Because someone may trust the provider of the VPN more than they trust their ISP? >And why w
by ziddoap 3y ago
>With a VPN, the VPN provider sees those IPs. How is that better?
Because someone may trust the provider of the VPN more than they trust their ISP?
>And why would I care that my internet provider sees those IPs in the first place?
You might not. Other people do. It's not your place to decide what other people care about.
- webstrand 3y agoComcast has no vested interest in not sharing/re-selling my data. also it provides a stable IPv4 with geoip tagging that both serves to de-anonymize me and make it easier for third-parties to track me. My VPN provider has a vested interest in not sharing or re-selling my data, if caught doing so it would cause a major loss of business for them and potentially permanently tarnish their reputation. Additionally they provide a stable IPv4 shared with many other users. Tracking is still possible, but is far less trivial and not so easily correlated with a county/state. So I use a VPN. It keeps me safe from script-kiddies who might discover my IP when I visit their website. I provide free help for people having trouble with HTML/CSS, so I visit a lot of strange places.
- martiuk 3y agoComcast and $VPN_PROVIDER have a vested interest in staying in business, so they will gladly hand over the data to the friendly neighbourhood intelligence agency when requested.
- threecheese 3y agoAgree, personally though $agency isn’t part of my threat model while my ISP most certainly is. I would even pay a premium if they offered similar privacy controls as a VPN, but they’d be publicly admitting to shenanigans that most of their customers are blissfully ignorant of!