FarLine99 ( @FarLine99@lemm.ee ) to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoWhat VPN do you use to hide traffic from your ISP?upload.wikimedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square133linkfedilinkarrow-up1105
arrow-up1105external-linkWhat VPN do you use to hide traffic from your ISP?upload.wikimedia.org FarLine99 ( @FarLine99@lemm.ee ) to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square133linkfedilink
minus-square off_brand_ ( @off_brand_@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoSsl will hide the contents but not the metadata. It’s easy enough to build a profile on you just by understanding what sites you visit.
minus-square Arose8334 ( @Arose8334@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoCorrect. But a VPN provider can also build a profile on that metadata, and transparency is often lacking in the VPN business. I live in a country with fairly good privacy laws for now and much prefer my ISP to have my metadata than someone else.
minus-square FarLine99 ( @FarLine99@lemm.ee ) OPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoYou are lucky in this regard 🙂
Ssl will hide the contents but not the metadata. It’s easy enough to build a profile on you just by understanding what sites you visit.
Correct. But a VPN provider can also build a profile on that metadata, and transparency is often lacking in the VPN business. I live in a country with fairly good privacy laws for now and much prefer my ISP to have my metadata than someone else.
You are lucky in this regard 🙂