@danie10 I began using #VPNs a decade ago when our then fascist federal #RWNJ misgovernment in Straya threatened to create a new mandatory data retention law [which they subsequently did indeed do, & no subsequent govt has repealed]. I have no intention of stopping this self-defence response. Ofc it also provides me with a global choice for my nightly entertainment streaming leisure, but my primary incentive was & remains that egregious law.
Subsequently, i've also happily availed myself of #Firefox's #DoH, & most recently, #ECH, which together enhance one's #privacy in conjunction with VPN.
Other protective measures include #uBlockOrigin in #AdvancedMode with thousands of custom dynamic filter rules, canvas fingerprint randomising, other stuff per my curated #userJS, et al.
I make no claims at all that i am now "safe" as i accept these days that's illusory, yet i still derive comfort from a sense that by my proactivity i've at least made it a little harder for the bastards.
@danie10 imo we need to stop grouping ‘VPN’s’ together as if they all do the same thing - there’s countless options and all of them are different. Some are better for speed at the expense of privacy, some are better for privacy at the expense of speed. Some are good at both, some are arguably worse than not using one at all.
@h3lx I did sort of try explain that under the "things its not protecting you against" section of the post, and the paragraph just following that. Do you think I kissed the bus on that? The WHY you'd want to use one, and free vs paid.
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