Well facebook VPN waa sniffing data to see what other aocial media the person was using. But something like Proton that prides itself on privacy and encryption should be fine
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HeartyBeast@kbin.social 2 years ago
You’re hiding your traffic route from your mobile operator and giving it instead to your vpn company who swear they are honest
BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 years ago
HeartyBeast@kbin.social 2 years ago
Absolutely. Unless they’re actually evil. Which I’m sure they aren’t. But they could be.
rudyharrelson@kbin.social 2 years ago
I run my own wireguard VPN at home and connect to it from my phone when I'm traveling.
Grant's me privacy (but not anonymity) from my mobile carrier. Sure, my home ISP still sees my VPN's traffic, but that's still one less company able to monitor my web traffic when I'm mobile.
HeartyBeast@kbin.social 2 years ago
Running your own VPN in that situation is a good use-case agreed - assuming you trust yourself :)
ahal@lemmy.ca 2 years ago
I’m experienced enough to know that out of my mobile carrier and ISP, I am the least trustworthy operator.
HeartyBeast@kbin.social 2 years ago
Thanks for the smile this morning 🙂
giloronfoo@beehaw.org 2 years ago
Same. Also feels a bit safer connecting to public wifi.