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Came across this controversial link where someone says that a VPS would be more secure than a VPN provider. From my understanding:

-Wouldn’t the VPS provider just see everything instead of a VPN provider? -Wouldn’t fingerprinting be straightforward, even if you use a hardened browser, since you have a single IP traceable directly to only one user?

ytcombinator doesn’t seem to take it seriously but I’m curious to hear what you all think about it.

    • sandblastOPEnglish
      0•11 months ago

      I just don’t want to be tracked and profiled, especially for ads. I only sign into accounts with personal information for absolute necessities and browse websites without accounts. Plus my ISP openly tracks and sells history to third parties. It’s not viable for me to use tor for daily usage.

      • @constantokra@lemmy.oneEnglish
        2•11 months ago

        Yeah, this trust shift argument doesn’t work the way people think it does. A VPN does just shift trust from your ISP… and your ISP is known to sell your data. And you’re paying the VPN provider not to do that. And most of them are audited. And they’ll stop making money if people find out they’re selling the data.