Possibly linux@lemmy.zip to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-210 months agoWhy I no longer use a VPN (most of the time) and nor should you - YouTubeyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1141file-text
arrow-up1-132arrow-down1external-linkWhy I no longer use a VPN (most of the time) and nor should you - YouTubeyoutu.bePossibly linux@lemmy.zip to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-210 months agomessage-square57fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLWD@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-210 months agoIf possible, I don’t want my ISP to know, trade, and sell as little data about me as possible. FTC Staff Report Finds Many Internet Service Providers Collect Troves of Personal Data, Users Have Few Options to Restrict Us T-Mobile Employees Across The Country Receive Cash Offers To Illegally Swap SIMs I know VPNs often exaggerate or outright lie, but they still benefit me in ways I consider valuable.
minus-squaretoastal@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoIf it’s all encrypted & they don’t have the DNS requests, all they can see is that you sent X bytes to some IP which isn’t very helpful. Who’s to say these VPNs aren’t selling their data back to the ISPs anyhow?
If possible, I don’t want my ISP to know, trade, and sell as little data about me as possible.
FTC Staff Report Finds Many Internet Service Providers Collect Troves of Personal Data, Users Have Few Options to Restrict Us
T-Mobile Employees Across The Country Receive Cash Offers To Illegally Swap SIMs
I know VPNs often exaggerate or outright lie, but they still benefit me in ways I consider valuable.
If it’s all encrypted & they don’t have the DNS requests, all they can see is that you sent X bytes to some IP which isn’t very helpful. Who’s to say these VPNs aren’t selling their data back to the ISPs anyhow?