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Anything but safe: Using VPN can bear immense risks (www.dw.com)
submitted 1 month ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/privacy@lemmy.ca
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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Instead, the authors recommend using paid VPNs, which are generally considered to be more reliable and secure. For example, no serious privacy or security issues were found with Lantern, Psiphon, ProtonVPN or Mullvad.

I'll never understand the thought process that leads someone to use a "free" VPN...

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I'll never understand the thought process that leads someone to use a "free" VPN...

If my only use case is to bypass geofencing for media, then those can be OK.

If you are looking to a VPN as (part of) a security solution, then yeah, the freebies aren't a good option.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

If my only use case of to bypass geofencing for media, then those can be OK.

It's been at least a decade since that worked for me... But it's not like I kept trying.

But back in the day it was a lot of fun to go thru YouTube for Aussies and Brits to see what kind of music they got that we didn't.

At least back then there were a lot of artists who didn't upload to American accessible YouTube for whatever reason. Probably something with labels and licensing

[–] MicrowavedTea 2 points 1 month ago

It works fine for YouTube and every foreign TV channel I've found. But I haven't tried subscription services, maybe they have stricter rules.