• pivot_root@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I agreed with you up to the “use a vpn” part. That’s just wasting money and adding extra steps for the sake of paranoia.

    If you’re using SSL/TLS and not blindly bypassing invalid certificate warnings, you’re not going to have your device or accounts compromised by the hacker boogeyman.

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        8 months ago

        You have a good reason to use a VPN: bypassing region restrictions (or piracy). The people subscribed to a VPN service for security reasons usually don’t*.

        * Excluding those living under a censorship heavy government.

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        8 months ago

        They hide your browsing from your ISP (and probably your government)

        They hide your origin and substitute another for web sites.

        I’d say a VPN is only useful to people engaging in crime, or things that look like crime and those buying services that are priced differently around the world

        That provide no protection against things you might click on

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          8 months ago

          There are far more uses for a VPN. For instance if I want to access my NAS while outside my home.

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            8 months ago

            Sure, but that’s not generally a thing the commercial VPNs offer, and I thought we were talking about commercial VPNs

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              8 months ago

              But some VPNs do provide you a little protection on things you might click on. Ublock and not being a dummy will get you around most of that use but for general users it is more safe.