Do you use a VPN?

[imwjl]

Commercial VPNs are funny. Their sales pitch is, “pay us a comically low amount of money and do all your illegal activities with us!” They’re for people who are kinda paranoid, but but nearly paranoid enough

Not to put too fine a point on it, but I’m 99% sure they’re all FBI honeypots.

Being at 99% sure, how about some good info or evidence to support that?

What happens if your VPN is logged in to Russia, or Venezuela?

You could better pull off an order some food scam if you are indeed in Germany.

Sometimes. I find it funny how if I order something from Amazon while it's (accidently) on, the shipment tracking shows the package going to their hub next to where my VPN shows me. It takes a few extra days to get my package. When I turn it off, an order will take the most direct route to my house. I have seen sites start to block access if you are using a VPN, just like with ad blockers, and privacy badger.

VPN use, it can be a red flag for scams and more.

I use CiscoAnyConnect VPN for my job. For personal internet use I try to not be stupid. I don't use free wi-fi, instead relying on my Verizon plan for my Internet connection, especially whenever logging into any website that involves money, such as my bank. By using Verizon and an iPhone, I think the standard protections are decent. The bigger risk is the hosts holding the data getting hacked at their end. Oh yeah, and having different, complex passwords for every site, especially ones that involve money or personal information.

I have some frustrated staff today because some disabling and re-enabling AnyConnect after an obvious attack that was failed attempts from many inappropriate nets. For your other comments, that Verizon use is a good way to work. It can beat home ISP speeds depending on your device, plan and location.

 

[effzee]

You could better pull off an order some food scam if you are indeed in Germany.

What?

For the record, I was making a joke about Amazon shipping rates and, uh, I'm in Germany?

 

[imwjl]

What?

For the record, I was making a joke about Amazon shipping rates and, uh, I'm in Germany?

And I joked about what you could pull off regarding your Russia comment.

 

[Tarkus60]

Only when doing what your not supposed to be doing....lol
Other wise no.

 

[metalicaster]

I do at work, not on my own devices though.

Most of the advertising for them is half-truth or flat-out lies.

They don’t necessarily improve your privacy.

There is no way a user can verify that they aren’t logging your activities. And, not too long ago, one of the major VPN companies was able to sell out one of its users to the US authorities.

The claim that they can get you access to region-restricted content is becoming more and more tenuous. Netflix, Amazon etc are aggressively blocking huge lists of IP addresses known to belong to cloud providers—the ones VPN companies rent server space from. This is a cat and mouse game, and the media companies are slowly closing the gap. Many now check your IP against your billing address’s country.

The “coffee shop wifi” thing hasn’t been a thing for years. Most every app and website you’d use on a mobile device will use encryption anyway. If your online banking doesn’t use encryption online, get off TDPRI and close your account right now, right this second.


If they’re gonna lie in their marketing about the basics of their product, I’m not gonna trust them for much else.

 

[metalicaster]

I realised after typing my tirade that, as always, Tom Scott put it better in a video.

 

[aFewGoodTaters]

I'm currently living abroad so yes, I use a VPN to access sites and streaming services back in the states that would be blocked otherwise.

 

[HappyMangle]

I'm currently living abroad so yes, I use a VPN to access sites and streaming services back in the states that would be blocked otherwise.

Which one do you use for streaming purposes?

 

[aFewGoodTaters]

Which one do you use for streaming purposes?

I use Private Internet Access (PIA). I believe a two year subscription cost me around $60 or so total, and I can have it on up to 10 devices.

I've never had an issue with PIA itself, but please know it isn't a perfect solution. Some streaming services are well equipped to detect when you're coming in from a VPN and will still block you (like YouTube TV for example - can't get around those firewalls).

 

[ClashCityTele]

No, but I've looked at different VPN's. I used to use P2P a lot but not anymore.
Microsoft Bing thinks I live at the other end of the country anyway. I get weather forecasts & offers for DIY stores.
I use the Tor Browser when I'm buying guns, drugs, nuclear waste etc.

 

[blue metalflake]

Not on a personal level, but I do some part time work, where vpn comes into play.

 

[middy]

I've never been on facebook , twiter, and any other sort of media like that , this is the only site I visit, well yea this may be social media of sorts , but this is specific.

This is old internet 1.0 social media, hardly recognized as the same thing… and it really isn’t.

 

[ellielo]

Which one do you use for streaming purposes?

I use Nord and Open vpns, both are good.
In your case you might wanna check comparison with NordVPN article which will give you a general perspective on how vpn work and what is the main difference between them.