• yermaw@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    Is there any way to prove that some service like that is actually trustworthy?

    To the relatively-illiterate like me, theres no way to know if the VPN provider is just building a big file on you themselves

    • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com
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      23 hours ago

      Is there any way to prove that some service like that is actually trustworthy?

      This is the right question to ask and the ultimate reason why I don’t use a commercial VPN service. Ultimately a commercial VPN is just moving the trust from the Internet service provider to the VPN provider (or in Tor’s case to the exit node provider)

      Personally I just block all ads across everything, select more privacy friendly software, avoid known privacy invading services where feasible and otherwise generally just enjoy not knowing the scope of adtracking because I never see the ads anyways!

    • OwOarchist@pawb.social
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      1 day ago

      At some point, you’ve got to trust somebody.

      Or, else, just don’t connect to the internet at all.