ickplantTheoretically speaking, if one wanted to sail the seas while being not very tech savvy – is using a VPN (Mullvad) enough? I would never, of course… but theoretically?
Agility0971Vpn is someone elses computer
theunknownmuncherWrong. VPN is the encrypted tunnel between your computer and someone else’s computer.
You’re thinking of a VPS.
Schwim DandyI can see an argument that the exit node is someone else’s computer. An an example of this risk, honeypot Tor exit nodes.
In this context, however, I would trust Mullvad’s exit nodes, I think. Well, do trust them, since I use them, just not for anything that would get me in hot water.