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To those of you with nothing to hide: One day you might have. Because you don’t make the rules. (mullvad.net)

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[–] yukijoou@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

it depends™

what are you protecting yourself against?

for my use case, that'd be good enough, i don't want my school/building admins to snoop on the websites i visit, and don't want to fear academic repercussions for torrenting and such

though if you think your government is out to get you, then tunneling to another country is probably best!

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

I've torrented in the US and haven't been hit with anything. So I think it should be fine as long as you vpn anywhere. Except maybe very totalitarian countries.

[–] other_cat@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Nothing that serious, thankfully. Just want to obfuscate my data and leave as little of an impression on the internet as I can. Good advice, thank you!

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Your bank probably wants to make sure your account isn't being hacked. Either they think you're using a VPN, and they believe it could be a malicious person from literally anywhere, or they think you're in Sweden, and they have no idea how you got there.

It's cases like these where you might want to temporarily disable the VPN or make a special exception for your banking app, but that's up to you.

[–] other_cat@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Yep! That's what I figured. I don't mind. I appreciate the attention to security.