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The truth about VPNs? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So I'm pretty recent to the high seas but I've seen a few posts now about "stop relying on your VPN" and "people that think VPNs will protect them are naive" and so on.

So since I believe knowledge is our greatest weapon/tool/super-power, can we get some answers regarding what exactly the doomsayers are getting at? ELI5 why VPNs wouldn't protect your anonymity.

Is it about logging? The country your end-point is in? Something more technical?

Ultimately I'd like to be fully armed in order to keep making the best choices for my fledgling ship as it navigates the vast, stormy seas.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (6 children)

It depends what are you doing. Torrenting child porn? A VPN won't change anything because they'll hopefully collaborate with law enforcement to track you down.

Torrenting a tv show? Usually the vpn company will ignore any requests from law enforcement as it's not a real crime

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

because they’ll hopefully collaborate with law enforcement to track you down.

Unlikely - most of the time they won't have any logs anyway.

People get caught for CP and other crimes due to lapses in their own security usually - reusing user names across sites, details in photos that can be identified, or simply using a non encrypted connection one time.

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