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Do You Need A VPN?

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Do You Need A VPN?

Privacy GuidesEnglish · 1 day ago

Commercial Virtual Private Networks are a way of extending the end of your network to exit somewhere else in the world. This can have substantial privacy benefits, but not all VPNs are created equa...

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Because I trust my VPN more then my ISP. This is a pretty obvious and common answer.
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  That is a fair answer.
  
  Though I would hesitate to use your trust in your own ISP and VPN as a blanket statement for trust with regards to other’s setup
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    Sure. Everyone needs to evaluate who or what they trust based on their own threat model.

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