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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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[–] 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.