cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/59613920
Mullvad also pointed to other instances of alleged attempts to “escalate censorship and mass surveillance” in the UK, citing efforts to force Apple to install backdoors in its end-to-end encrypted cloud service, proposals that could introduce “client-side scanning and government spyware on all UK phones”, and government plans to fast-track legislation requiring identity verification for VPN use.
VPNs arent a magic bullet like the tech illiterate think, but they are a useful tool like any other and paired with proper digital hygiene go a long way to limit the ability to monitor your activity across the web.
Yeah, I’m not understanding the VPN hate here. It’s one tool that when combined with others gains you more privacy.
Instead of your ISP seeing every site you go to, a different company sees every site you go to.
VPNs have their uses, but avoiding surveillance is not one of those uses.
exactly as you say, a different company that we can actually choose, unlike our ISP, and which we can decide whether to trust. Mullvad have shown they can be trusted.
I guess if you don’t see any difference between a government supported telecom company and a company that exists in different nation that has a necessarily hostile relationship to the local government, then sure they are comparable.
I trust my VPN more than I trust my ISP. My VPN is beholden to the fascist Krasnov regime. My VPN is not.
I think you meant ISP here