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VPN ownership- what do we know and can we really trust them ?
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<blockquote data-quote="SpiderWeb" data-source="post: 906113" data-attributes="member: 88686"><p>1. Well what we know is there have been many cases where companies and law enforcement wanted VPN data and the VPN didn't have any data or refused to.</p><p>Meanwhile we know that every ISP will happily hand over your information for copyright and law enforcement reasons and even sell it to marketing companies without prior knowledge.</p><p></p><p>2. I think it's unhealthy to look at it like "can VPNs be trusted". That's like saying can people be trusted. It depends on an individual by individual basis. Some VPNs are true to their missions. Some VPNs log and snitch. Some VPNs try their best but they have little control over 3rd party servers. Some VPNs are malware criminals use. Some VPNs are government honeypots. We need to do our due diligence and research who can be trusted instead of dismissing everyone. My point is, if VPNs cannot be trusted, someone smart using that VPN would have blown the whistle already. The big VPNs can't afford to lie to you about their services. If VPNs were honeypots betraying their customers we would hear stories about it everywhere but we don't.</p><p></p><p>3. Your regular Internet connection gets routed through many points and hops regardless of whether you use a VPN or not and you don't have control over any of those hops other than your VPN. In the end nobody can see what exactly you are doing as long as you use HTTPS and a DNS-based ad/tracker blocker. Preferably something like Windscribe's ROBERT or NordVPN's CyberSec.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SpiderWeb, post: 906113, member: 88686"] 1. Well what we know is there have been many cases where companies and law enforcement wanted VPN data and the VPN didn't have any data or refused to. Meanwhile we know that every ISP will happily hand over your information for copyright and law enforcement reasons and even sell it to marketing companies without prior knowledge. 2. I think it's unhealthy to look at it like "can VPNs be trusted". That's like saying can people be trusted. It depends on an individual by individual basis. Some VPNs are true to their missions. Some VPNs log and snitch. Some VPNs try their best but they have little control over 3rd party servers. Some VPNs are malware criminals use. Some VPNs are government honeypots. We need to do our due diligence and research who can be trusted instead of dismissing everyone. My point is, if VPNs cannot be trusted, someone smart using that VPN would have blown the whistle already. The big VPNs can't afford to lie to you about their services. If VPNs were honeypots betraying their customers we would hear stories about it everywhere but we don't. 3. Your regular Internet connection gets routed through many points and hops regardless of whether you use a VPN or not and you don't have control over any of those hops other than your VPN. In the end nobody can see what exactly you are doing as long as you use HTTPS and a DNS-based ad/tracker blocker. Preferably something like Windscribe's ROBERT or NordVPN's CyberSec. [/QUOTE]
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