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> I think the snake oil claim is in regard to VPN companies marketing themselves as a security product Considering that confidentiality is a vital component of
by nmeagent 2y ago
> I think the snake oil claim is in regard to VPN companies marketing themselves as a security product
Considering that confidentiality is a vital component of overall security, it's not necessarily unreasonable to describe a VPN as a security product. Of course, it's not the panacea some companies claim; nobody's "surfing the web in full security and privacy" with just a VPN service.
- the_snooze 2y agoWe already have really good client-server confidentiality (and integrity) assurances from the wide adoption of TLS/HTTPS. Wrapping that in a VPN doesn't buy you all that much additional security. Maybe a little bit of DNS privacy and being able to mask your IP address on torrents, but that's all that comes to mind.