Post #3389906

2026-06-16 13:53 UTC

@angusm@mastodon.social So uh, without a #VPN, your ISP can potentially view all your web traffic, right? With a VPN, aren't we just substituting who can potentially view all your web traffic? Instead of the ISP, it's the people at the VPN that can view it? The "just use a VPN because #privacy" crowd never seems to explain how one would choose a #trustworthy and #secure VPN.

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@DanielMReck@mas.to 2026-06-16 13:58

@angusm@mastodon.social Hot take: This British government plan to teach millions of schoolchildren to use a #VPN actually directs them all to use the free accounts at vpn[.]definitelynotmi5[.]uk because you can only trust your friendly local VPN vetted by The People Who Know.

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@MuhammadFreeSoftware@fosstodon.org 2026-06-16 13:59

@DanielMReck@mas.to @angusm@mastodon.social Use Tor browser then. It's going to be slow though

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@chrisgerhard@mastodon.green 2026-06-16 15:15

@DanielMReck@mas.to @angusm@mastodon.social it depends on why you are using a VPN. If all the traffic over the VPN is encrypted there is little need to trust the VPN. The crucial part for the youth is they won't appear to be in the UK. Now whether the youth can be bothered to set up fake accounts in some country with a less authoritarian government we will see, but the evidence from Australia suggests a significant number will.

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