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What are some controversial privacy topics?
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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.
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Neither. A VPN is a tool. It's useful for bypassing geo-restrictions, allows you to act as a local device in the server's local network which is really useful, and can have a benefit to privacy when paired with other tools.
A lot of VPN ads however are overblown with the "VPNs keep you safe online" and "Don't use the internet without a VPN", these are dishonest marketing practices which should be seen as a massive red flag.
Deceptive marketing and straight up lying is so prevalent that people have all sorts of wild ideas about VPNs. That’s why it’s high time someone cleared things up.
Tom Scott did it already.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVDQEoe6ZWY