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> What's wrong with VPNs? Nothing is inherently wrong but I trust my ISP a lot more than some random guys in Switzerland or Israel or whatever tax haven island

> What's wrong with VPNs? Nothing is inherently wrong but I trust my ISP a lot more than some random guys in Switzerland or Israel or whatever tax haven islands they operate from. They lie about what they’re good for which is just hiding things from my ISP. The rest of the benefits are fake

cogman10 2y ago
As you should. Because a secret you should know about your ISPs is they really don't care (or want to care) about what you are doing with their service. They don't want to add the hardware/software it'd take to spy on your data, that's a huge cost to them with nothing but downsides. I might distrust a large ISP more just because they have the extra cache to burn. But a smaller more regional ISP will not try and invade your privacy.
- autoexec 2y ago
  In the US ISPs monitor, collect, and sell your browsing history.
johnnyanmac 2y ago
>I trust my ISP I don't really, per se. Especially in my area where they have a monopoly. But VPNs aren't advertising making your home network safer anyway.
autoexec 2y ago
> Nothing is inherently wrong but I trust my ISP a lot more than some random guys in Switzerland or Israel In the US ISPs collect, monitor, and sell your browsing history. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/03/how-isps-can-sell-your-web-history-and-how-to-stop-them/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/03/how-i...