• 0xtero@beehaw.org
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    7 months ago

    I see. Sure. There’s a risk of course.
    But VPN companies are not legally obligated to collect and save your Internet usage data like your ISP is.
    So select a provider that doesn’t, like Mullvad.

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      7 months ago

      Your Internet traffic is encrypted. As for DNS it is a little harder but you can setup encrypted DNS as well.

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        7 months ago

        Your Internet traffic being encrypted is totally up to the site receiving your traffic or to the app on your phone sending it. And you still leave your metadata at your ISP, along with DNS.
        Sure you can always set up your own DNSSEC but the effort compared to just clicking “connect” in that VPN app is not even compareable.

        I can be private and anonymous without VPN - but a normal user? Just use VPN dude.

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          7 months ago

          A VPN is not a replacement for https and encrypted DNS.

          As far as your data goes it is encrypted via https.