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[–] 5 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Wrong. VPN is the encrypted tunnel between your computer and someone else's computer.

You're thinking of a VPS.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    I can see an argument that the exit node is someone else's computer. An an example of this risk, honeypot Tor exit nodes.

    In this context, however, I would trust Mullvad's exit nodes, I think. Well, do trust them, since I use them, just not for anything that would get me in hot water.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (2 children)

    I'll rephrase: VPN server is someone elses computer

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    Yep, pretty much all servers are. You could say that about anything. Lemmy is just someone else's computer. Wikipedia is just someone else's computer. 100% of network infrastructure is just someone else's computer.

    It's actually least accurate for VPN in general than anything else, because it's common to host a VPN for access to a local network and homelab services, or corporate network and internal work-related services, in which case the VPN server is not someone else's computer.

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