trippingonthewire ( trippingonthewire@lemmy.ml ) to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 3 years agoUsually connect to Walmart's WiFi but they changed their policy I guess, won't be doing that now...lemmy.mlimagemessage-square91linkfedilinkarrow-up1364
arrow-up1364imageUsually connect to Walmart's WiFi but they changed their policy I guess, won't be doing that now...lemmy.mltrippingonthewire ( trippingonthewire@lemmy.ml ) to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 3 years agomessage-square91linkfedilink
minus-squareDerpgon ( derpgon@programming.dev ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoI always wonder why those VPN absolutists aren’t happy with your regular HTTPS. Sure, maybe HTTP is safer with the VPN, but it just hides your real IP from the target website.
minus-squarenoodle (he/him) ( noodlejetski@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 years agoit also hides the websites you visit from your ISP, who often likes to profile you based on your browsing habits.
minus-squareneosheo ( neosheo@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 years agoYeah but it’s on a public wifi
minus-squarenoodle (he/him) ( noodlejetski@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years 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).
minus-squarefuzzzerd ( fuzzzerd@programming.dev ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoIt shifts from the isp to the VPN provider, who isn’t doing that profiling yet.
I always wonder why those VPN absolutists aren’t happy with your regular HTTPS. Sure, maybe HTTP is safer with the VPN, but it just hides your real IP from the target website.
it also hides the websites you visit from your ISP, who often likes to profile you based on your browsing habits.
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).
It shifts from the isp to the VPN provider, who isn’t doing that profiling yet.
yes.