Superficially, maybe. But not in depth, like knowing what a VPN actually does and such.
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Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
I wonder if people know why they are downloading and using a VPN. Especially when you’re talking about the more sketchy ones.
NONE_dc@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
I wonder how much of that ‘education’ is from ads and influencers constantly pushing VPNs. LOL
NONE_dc@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Well, you know, no one hears about VPNs in school, so…
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
Considering that there is a ton of censorship there I think they definitely know why.
surph_ninja@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Source?
It’s my understanding the issue isn’t Venezuelan officials censoring, so much as other countries blocking access from Venezuelan users.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
It is very likely Venezuela censoring.
surph_ninja@lemmy.world 5 days ago
What are you basing this assumption on?
yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
Ok, tankie. The government is even censoring the Venezuelan Mastodon instance
fushuan@lemm.ee 5 days ago
To avoid region locking. Anything else regarding security is just bogus talk they trying sell you.
lukewarm_ozone@lemmy.today 5 days ago
Security as in cybersecurity, yes. Security as in not getting caught violating government bans, not so much - if you’re in a country where getting repressed by your government is a real possibility, it helps a lot for it to not be possible to see exactly what sites you visit. Reminder: even over HTTPS, the domain name (like
lemmy.world) is normally not encrypted. Encrypted Client Hello can solve this, but it has only started being commonly used a year ago or so, and more importantly requires the host to support it.fushuan@lemm.ee 5 days ago
Well, I agree, but that’s now how they are advertised, sadly.