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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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I hate how the privacy services shove in your face the "unprotected" word (lemmy.today)

submitted 5 months ago by JohnDarlen@lemmy.today 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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[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

If you’re using a VPN to protect the destination of your traffic from the prying eyes of your ISP or the state, then the VPN would absolutely be protecting it, and therefore when disconnected you are by definition unprotected.

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