• psud@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      They hide your browsing from your ISP (and probably your government)

      They hide your origin and substitute another for web sites.

      I’d say a VPN is only useful to people engaging in crime, or things that look like crime and those buying services that are priced differently around the world

      That provide no protection against things you might click on

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        8 months ago

        There are far more uses for a VPN. For instance if I want to access my NAS while outside my home.

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          8 months ago

          Sure, but that’s not generally a thing the commercial VPNs offer, and I thought we were talking about commercial VPNs

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            8 months ago

            But some VPNs do provide you a little protection on things you might click on. Ublock and not being a dummy will get you around most of that use but for general users it is more safe.