Many people say that a VPN protects privacy, but I haven’t used one yet. Any suggestions?
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It may increase your privacy but it depends on you.
First you need to choose a VPN provider that doesn’t require you to give any Personal Information. That means:
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No name
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No email address
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No physical address
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No phone number
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No credit card data
Secondly you need to disable your WiFi and only use an Ethernet cord. If your WiFi is enabled, even if you are not connected to any network, your geo location data may be sent.
Really comes up to what you want to protect against or what you want to fix.
Like without a vpn my isp got a super bad peering to the USA ( iam german ) a close vpn server to me fixes that.
There’s also multiple other reasons like in p2p based games to prevent ddos , privacy regarding copyright , vpn into a country with maybe better privacy laws and more.
Really would help if you said what the thing is you want protection against so people could help you better
if you dont know exactly what it is, what it does, and why you need it, dont get it…
Yes! But you need to use a powerful VPN tool to protect your IP address and privacy. You can try LightningX VPN. It has robust encryption protocols like WireGuard and Shadowsocks. With just one click, you can change the IP address to 2,000+ servers in 50+ countries. It also supports all popular platforms like Windows and iOS.
Yes, you should use a vpn. Look into proton or nordvpn