FarLine99@lemm.ee to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agoWhat VPN do you use to hide traffic from your ISP?upload.wikimedia.orgimagemessage-square291fedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down110
arrow-up1164arrow-down1imageWhat VPN do you use to hide traffic from your ISP?upload.wikimedia.orgFarLine99@lemm.ee to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square291fedilink
minus-squareArose8334@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down3·1 year agoI trust my ISP more than a random VPN provider. I use HTTPS for everything anyways.
minus-squareoff_brand_@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoSsl will hide the contents but not the metadata. It’s easy enough to build a profile on you just by understanding what sites you visit.
minus-squareArose8334@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoCorrect. But a VPN provider can also build a profile on that metadata, and transparency is often lacking in the VPN business. I live in a country with fairly good privacy laws for now and much prefer my ISP to have my metadata than someone else.
I trust my ISP more than a random VPN provider. I use HTTPS for everything anyways.
Ssl will hide the contents but not the metadata. It’s easy enough to build a profile on you just by understanding what sites you visit.
Correct. But a VPN provider can also build a profile on that metadata, and transparency is often lacking in the VPN business. I live in a country with fairly good privacy laws for now and much prefer my ISP to have my metadata than someone else.
You are lucky in this regard 🙂