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The truth about VPNs? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by jordank1977@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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So I'm pretty recent to the high seas but I've seen a few posts now about "stop relying on your VPN" and "people that think VPNs will protect them are naive" and so on.

So since I believe knowledge is our greatest weapon/tool/super-power, can we get some answers regarding what exactly the doomsayers are getting at? ELI5 why VPNs wouldn't protect your anonymity.

Is it about logging? The country your end-point is in? Something more technical?

Ultimately I'd like to be fully armed in order to keep making the best choices for my fledgling ship as it navigates the vast, stormy seas.

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[-] Pestilence@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

Yes, an VPN is not private, because you trust your VPN provider instead your internet provider. But as a german, it's pretty clear that all internet providers would give your name and adress to everyone that asks for it, regardless if you download something through torrent or stream something without the license. I would bet, in near future you cant even download a 30 years old ROM for an emulator, without getting a mail from Nintendos lawyers.

And yes, i trust Mullvad more then my internet provider. All of my devices are connected to Mullvad and i had never any problems.

[-] owiller@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

Interestingly, Mullvad was recently raided by the Swedish authorities. They've got documents from the police about the raid: no customer data compromised because there wasn't any.

The Swedish authorities answered our protocol request

Contains the documents and the relevant pieces of Swedish law. Now, up to anyone to decide if that's secure enough with other precautions.