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
Comment on [deleted]
HeartyBeast@kbin.social 1 year 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 1 year ago
HeartyBeast@kbin.social 1 year ago
Absolutely. Unless they’re actually evil. Which I’m sure they aren’t. But they could be.
rudyharrelson@kbin.social 1 year 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 1 year ago
Running your own VPN in that situation is a good use-case agreed - assuming you trust yourself :)
ahal@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
I’m experienced enough to know that out of my mobile carrier and ISP, I am the least trustworthy operator.
HeartyBeast@kbin.social 1 year ago
Thanks for the smile this morning 🙂
giloronfoo@beehaw.org 1 year ago
Same. Also feels a bit safer connecting to public wifi.