Usually connect to Walmart's WiFi but they changed their policy I guess, won't be doing that now...lemmy.mlimage trippingonthewire ( @trippingonthewire@lemmy.ml ) Privacy@lemmy.ml • 9 months ago message-square92fedilinkarrow-up1364
arrow-up1364imageUsually connect to Walmart's WiFi but they changed their policy I guess, won't be doing that now...lemmy.ml trippingonthewire ( @trippingonthewire@lemmy.ml ) Privacy@lemmy.ml • 9 months ago message-square92fedilink
minus-square noodlejetski ( @noodlejetski@lemm.ee ) linkfedilink2•9 months agoit also hides the websites you visit from your ISP, who often likes to profile you based on your browsing habits.
minus-square fuzzzerd ( @fuzzzerd@programming.dev ) linkfedilink1•9 months agoIt shifts from the isp to the VPN provider, who isn’t doing that profiling yet.
minus-square neosheo ( @neosheo@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months agoYeah but it’s on a public wifi
minus-square noodlejetski ( @noodlejetski@lemm.ee ) linkfedilink1•edit-29 months agoin that case, it hides the websites you visit from: the ISP providing the network, and the business who offers the public WiFi, both of them probably being very eager to profile your browsing habits (as seen on the image in the post).
it also hides the websites you visit from your ISP, who often likes to profile you based on your browsing habits.
It shifts from the isp to the VPN provider, who isn’t doing that profiling yet.
yes.
Yeah but it’s on a public wifi
in that case, it hides the websites you visit from:
both of them probably being very eager to profile your browsing habits (as seen on the image in the post).