A VPN just changes your exit point. This means that your ISP loses visibility into your traffic but the VPN provider now gets this insight. All you have done is move your exit point, and if this endpoint exists in North America the people can get access to your data via the ISP can just as easily get it from the VPN provider. At best you can complicate this procedure, but that is only if you trust the VPN provider.
A VPN also does nothing to ensure privacy since those problems are in the operating systems and browsers that we use. A VPN is useful when connecting to open wifi access points or other untrusted networks. The short short answer is that there is no easy shortcuts. There are also no single solutions to the collection of problems John outlined. On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 7:37 PM, Joe S <joes...@shaw.ca> wrote: > how would using vpn compare to using these services? I have > heard that is good for privacy. > > On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 21:46:39 -0700 > John Jardine <john.e.jard...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > There is a lot of info to cover here. > > > > The two fundamental blocks are anonymity and privacy ... they > > are different and require some different tools. > > > > Tor can protect your anonymity if you respect the limits of > > its use. > > > > Privacy can be accomplished in part by using a browser or OS > > that has no persistent data about you. During your browsing > > you must not disclose any personally identifying data, or any > > knowledge than can reasonably be traced back to you. > > > > E.g. If you use tor to sign on to Gmail you're done ... Google > > has enough info available to associate that session back to > > your real identity (assuming you have either an android phone > > or have used Google from home/work with your real name. > > > > This is a well researched topic and the tor website is a great > > resource to teach you exactly what you're trying to do. > > > > Cheers > > John J > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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