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I hate how the privacy services shove in your face the "unprotected" word (lemmy.today)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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You disable the VPN, they show "unprotected", come on, I'm not really unprotected, why such a dramatic word, I just disabled the thing a little, I'm "disconnected" but it doesn't mean I'm actually unprotected, the same way it doesn't mean I'm actually protected if I'm using a VPN.

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[–] 20 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

This confused my parents too. They saw a sponsorship for some no-name VPN, with a bunch of scare tactics, and were afraid they would get hacked without a VPN. I had to explain that the VPN was only the entrance to the internet. We already have plenty of encryption in place with https. Only time I really "need" a VPN is for hotel/airport/mall public Wifi.

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