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Why I no longer use a VPN (most of the time) and nor should you - YouTube (youtu.be)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

many ISPs over here offer a ~5-10% discount on monthly bills if you agree to have your traffic analysed for marketing purposes. the last time I signed a contract I had to explicitly opt out of that. the ISP providing internet to all of my landlord's flats offers a similar deal when signing a contract, and 1. I'm willing to bet that my landlord has opted in, and 2. I have no way of opting out of that for my flat. I think I'll stick with a VPN for the foreseeable future.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

With a VPN you are just shifting the attack surface

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

from the ISP likely to analyze my traffic to a VPN provider who didn't provide any data after being raided by the police because they didn't store any

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I would still not trust them as you have no control over what happens server side.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That is just as true of your ISP, who when raided by the police will happily send it all over in a jiffy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Exactly, its not a matter of trust. You can't verify VPN providers more than you can verify ISPs.

The best option is to use https and encrypted DNS.