Virtual Private Networks, or VPNs, are popular services for (supposedly) increasing your security and privacy on the internet. They are often marketed as all-encompassing security tools, and something that you absolutely need to keep hackers at bay. However, many of the selling points for VPNs are exaggerated or just outright
  • mateomauiEnglish
    70·
    10 months ago10 months ago

    My VPN advertises protected torrenting as a feature. Many do.

    And it’s pretty nondebatable that VPNs are advertised for getting around regional blocking for Netflix etc, or generally getting around censorship like in China.

    • Em Adespoton
      40·
      10 months ago

      Ironically, almost all the exit VPNs are owned by either China or Israel. With a few exceptions.

      • mateomauiEnglish
        40·
        10 months ago

        citation needed

        My VPN is headquartered in California, and actively removed their presence from Hong Kong once their security policy matched China’s, and removed themselves from Russia since that country was opposed to the zero logs policy.