And why would you trust your own ISP more than reputable VPNs?
Sure, this statement is very valid for (free) VPNs which are not reputable, and act as data mines instead of providing true privacy; but your statement reads very much like we do not need VPNs at all.
ISPs know what sites you are visiting and when, and they are ready to comply with the government. Also, we have acts like Online Safety Act (UK), which incentivizes more data collection. Combine that with age verification on every site, and you are basically giving away your browsing history.
I agree that a VPN alone is not going to protect you, and you need to authenticate less into websites, and clear your cookies after every browser session (basically good OpSec). However, I also think that reputable providers like Mullvad and Proton are a must.
And why would you trust your own ISP more than reputable VPNs?
Define “reputable VPN”? There is little to no meaningful third party auditing and mostly all we have to go on is if they are on the record for having “cooperated with law enforcement”
The point is you need to actually understand what you are trusting who with. You want to watch AEW for cheap? Cool, whatever. You want to masturbate to porn without providing your ID? Maybe think about who is more likely to get a call from what orgs. And if you are doing something truly sensitive? That is when you need to learn a WHOLE lot more about what privacy and personal security actually are.
The point is that people just say “linus rogan had a promo code and this solves all my problems”.
And why would you trust your own ISP more than reputable VPNs?
Sure, this statement is very valid for (free) VPNs which are not reputable, and act as data mines instead of providing true privacy; but your statement reads very much like we do not need VPNs at all.
ISPs know what sites you are visiting and when, and they are ready to comply with the government. Also, we have acts like Online Safety Act (UK), which incentivizes more data collection. Combine that with age verification on every site, and you are basically giving away your browsing history.
I agree that a VPN alone is not going to protect you, and you need to authenticate less into websites, and clear your cookies after every browser session (basically good OpSec). However, I also think that reputable providers like Mullvad and Proton are a must.
The point is that people just say “linus rogan had a promo code and this solves all my problems”.
and your name. address, credit card number. You’re 100% right, just wanted to make sure this isn’t skipped over.
Librewolf is my goto browser + vpn + ublock. If they get through that it’s my fault imo