SahwaFeb 23

Privacy researcher debunks Microsoft Edge’s free VPN marketing, says it's "NOT a VPN"

https://reddthat.com/post/60788659

Privacy researcher debunks Microsoft Edge’s free VPN marketing, says it's "NOT a VPN" - Reddthat

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Show threadThe_DecryptorFeb 23

The original use case for this stuff was unencrypted HTTP with a public WiFi connection, in which case your ISP is the owners of whatever shop you’re in and yeah they could see everything.

If you’re at home or whatever it offers effectively no benefits, doesn’t “block trackers” or whatever nonsense like Nord claims, but I don’t think Microsoft ever claimed that it did.

Show threadhumorlessrepostFeb 23

If you’re at home or whatever it offers effectively no benefits

Porn.

Also my ISP sniffs packets enough to send copyright complaints, so I’d rather outsource that exposure to a country with privacy laws.

Show threadparzivalFeb 23
Mine only sends those for torrenting, that doesn’t need much scrutiny to detect
Show threadhumorlessrepost
I use one for Usenet, but maybe I’m too cautious.
Feb 24 at 1:37amWeb
Show threadparzivalFeb 24
With https I don’t but I’m not really at risk so I might make other choices otherwise, idk. But def use vpn when torrenting bc your ISP *will* send a letter