A VPN isn’t going to protect you from malware or trackers. I’m not sure how they can get away with this marketing.

If you want to boost your security focus on your web browser

    • Björn Tantau
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      -210 months ago

      Nowadays everything is encrypted by default. You don’t get additional security with a VPN.

        • @tsz@lemmy.world
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          310 months ago

          Name a popular service that isn’t encrypted but using it might expose you in a legitimate way.

      • @terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        110 months ago

        Well, not really with these, per se. My own VPN, Wireguard, routes back through my pihole service to double down on it’s filtering. For the most, I’m not trying to obfuscate my ip. If I wanted to do that I’d use tor or something. I just don’t want my traffic to be easily snooped on when I’m connected to wifi that isn’t mine.