6 Tom Scott video on VPNs, very thorough explanation of when *actually* to and when not to use a VPN for privacy reason youtube.com Submitted by twovests at November 17, 2019, 6:41 PM in just_post 1 comment
4 twovests wrote at November 18, 2019, 3:54 PM (edited at November 18, 2019, 3:54 PM) EDIT: A TLDR of the video: VPNs are useful for: Appearing to be from a different country to get past content restrictions (piracy!) To get past firewalls/filters (e.g. in China) To stop your ISP or people on your network from seeing and monetizing your DNS queries To hide your public IP address from sites you connect to To protect your data on HTTP / non-SSL sites from your device to the proxy (Not mentioned in the video) for creating a virtual network, useful in some work situations VPNs don't actually help much with protecting the contents you send over the web (these are usually encrypted), i.e. Bank passwords and data Stopping advertisers from tracking you (there's a lot of stuff other than your IP) Making you anonymous Reply Permalink
twovests wrote (edited )
EDIT: A TLDR of the video:
VPNs are useful for:
VPNs don't actually help much with protecting the contents you send over the web (these are usually encrypted), i.e.