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<blockquote data-quote="SpiderWeb" data-source="post: 903458" data-attributes="member: 88686">I mean it depends. It&#039;s not black or white. You realize when you are not connected to a VPN your connection has to hop through several points and relays too that all log your traffic as well and could have foreign adversaries spying on you. ISPs/mobile carriers log data, and even sell that data. Not everyone lives in a country with Swiss/EU privacy laws and not every VPN is shady. If your banking app uses encrypted connections, your VPN won&#039;t be able to decrypt them either. It just makes sure nobody knows where this connection came from and where it&#039;s going to. If your banking app isn&#039;t using encryption, then your banking app is the real problem. Yes there are shady VPNs but that&#039;s why I said &quot;if you use any at all&quot;. I think using a good paid VPN on a public Wi-Fi is still much much better than just using public Wi-Fi and LTE/5G towers only encrypt between the phone and the tower and there is no transparency on whether that traffic is encrypted past that point or if that cell tower is even legitimate.I think most people who use VPN are paranoid enough to double and triple check their entry and exit nodes and check forums if their VPN can be trusted, most certainly everyone who reads MalwareTips so I&#039;m not worried about anyone here using a VPN because I know you guys are smart enough to trust your traffic to something reputable. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite116" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="SpiderWeb, post: 903458, member: 88686"] I mean it depends. It's not black or white. You realize when you are not connected to a VPN your connection has to hop through several points and relays too that all log your traffic as well and could have foreign adversaries spying on you. ISPs/mobile carriers log data, and even sell that data. Not everyone lives in a country with Swiss/EU privacy laws and not every VPN is shady. If your banking app uses encrypted connections, your VPN won't be able to decrypt them either. It just makes sure nobody knows where this connection came from and where it's going to. If your banking app isn't using encryption, then your banking app is the real problem. Yes there are shady VPNs but that's why I said "if you use any at all". I think using a good paid VPN on a public Wi-Fi is still much much better than just using public Wi-Fi and LTE/5G towers only encrypt between the phone and the tower and there is no transparency on whether that traffic is encrypted past that point or if that cell tower is even legitimate. I think most people who use VPN are paranoid enough to double and triple check their entry and exit nodes and check forums if their VPN can be trusted, most certainly everyone who reads MalwareTips so I'm not worried about anyone here using a VPN because I know you guys are smart enough to trust your traffic to something reputable. :D [/QUOTE]

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