Current Events > what is the point of VPNs?

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if you're using them so your ISP doesn't send you a message about usage - fine

if you're using a VPN for security - they are pointless. all https sites are encrypted anyway, and if you have unlimited data you don't need to connect to wifi anyway, so you just have to worry about AT&T stealing your info. all websites have a way of getting your information other than IP address, so VPNs do not solve this problem.

if you're using a VPN for privacy - this seems like "tinfoil hat" territory. worrying about something that doesn't need to be worried about. are you hiding something? if you're an honest and ethical person I feel like this shouldn't be a concern, but maybe I'm missing something

using a VPN for bypassing country restrictions - fine, but I can barely think of any examples where this would be useful. maybe for football access.

also, before someone says "you can make your own VPN for free/cheap". no, you can't. your own VPN isn't going to have access to 60+ countries. it will only have the IP address your ISP assigned to it. and if you're paying for IP addresses outside of your own ISP...uh...you might as well just get a VPN.

I like seeing ads from other countries

Lol noob

HTTPS isnt completely secure. There exists many ways to bypass the encryption so you either dont need to decrypt or the session key is hijacked and used to decrypt.

A VPN creates a direct tunnel that not only encrypts the data but also encrypts the entire packet.

Have you never held a Office Job? Most businesses use VPNs for Homeworking.

unless you work in a professional environment where it's used for workflow, VPNs are almost exclusively used to aid piracy (or worse, hacking/dark market sales/etc) when used personally.

Naysaspace posted...

unless you work in a professional environment where it's used for workflow, VPNs are almost exclusively used to aid piracy (or worse, hacking/dark market sales/etc) when used personally.

nope

VPNs are for illegal content like piracy and err, "risque" porn
if you're running around on a furry porn site or a hentai repository site you'll probably want a VPN

VPN sectory is kind of like a crutch these days for people that find something inconvenient when naturally integrated to the Internet. Back when, VPNs were slow and a headache for enterprise network employees. Since most hospitality networks are slow as tar anyways, it made them even more annoying to deal with

People use a VPN saying they are from India buying NBA league pass for $50 (or something, it may not be a thing anymore, but hey) with no blackouts. People use VPNs these days to queue in PUBG matches in the EU instead of NA, because the player base is stronger there and has less bots (VPNs are fast enough to deliver a passable connection to do this) People use VPNs to play online slots with real money and have either a mailbox or a relative in another state where its legal to accept winnings. People use VPNs to watch some goofy Youtube video not in their region.

It's true that you're allowed to laugh at the guy that says "I can run my own VPN!!" since that means his host IP is the target in which your traffic is getting filtered into, which obscures the concept in which they are marketing at. Are people or companies really interested in protecting, or gathering data?

There's a lot of nice positives to a virtual network between say your phone, laptop, and computer. I hella run my own VPN between my devices regardless of how they connect to the Internet, when they all see themselves on the same LAN you can do some cool stuff.

The technology got murky when VPNs started to become synonymous with being anonymous. You're hiding your activity from your ISP, but you trust that this $5 a month service isn't doing the same thing?

When's the last time your ISP came down on you outside of a "sir please" cease and desist letter? When's the last time your VPN subscription service was compromised and suddenly some crypto network you are involved in have access to your funds? One happens more than the other and I'll let you guess which.