Stop using VPNs for privacy.
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
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Are you feeling confused after watching this video? Do you find yourself asking "So, if VPNs don't protect my privacy, what should I use instead?"?
Well, I've finally made a video answering that exact question: ruclips.net/video/qZE45J-MIUg/видео.html
Ok
Hi
Yes. Mr Fbi agent
Thank you.
How good is TOR ?
I have been using it for like 6 years now..
Title: Stop using VPNs.
RUclips: "Let's place NordVPN ad here!"
@TheRealBandito I know it most likely isn't that smart, but it is still ironic.
Also, you never know how far Google's AIs have gone :/
I got an ade for Mayo
I was confused for a second, then I realized, I have an adblocker.
It's been so long...
Actually..." protect your IP with IPvanish!"
@@opsoc777 same here!
All I want to do is just watch stuff thats not available in my country.
I hear you! There are times I wonder sitting in front of the TV if I’m being watched ,OMG i go through the living room I always have a towel ,my dog barks for nothing..👀 it May sound like I’m deranged but I wonder everything that’s going on I wonder I can be talking about something to someone and all of a sudden it’s on my phone I didn’t look it up it just appears there. Thanks for listening I use my laptop looking up things that I’m interested in
@#medy actually nothing illegal just something that our governments afraid of lol
Thank You!
I'll bet The Secret Service (US Politicans bodyguards or whoever they are) use VPNs,
& U.S. Military members & U.S. Air Force & The (US) SpaceForce
(wait do they exist yet?)
use 1 too!
Tor. And it's free, and it's more private
@@andikatrin.2574 anime
Plot twist: hes just a hacker and hes tired of getting stoped by vpns (this is a joke, I dont care if vps dont stop hackers)
Edit 2: this was supposed to be funny. You can stop trying to argue another point in the replies?
VPNs do not stop hackers
@@emilianofernandezcervantes4042 they kinda do
Kinda how?
@@christiannielsen1569 they stop them from getting your location and data
@@UlyssesSGrant-lg8lh go watch Tom Scott's video on vpns and realise how wrong you are
Also, any time a service becomes large enough to be publicly recognizable; instantly becomes a target not only for hacking but also for corporate and political infiltration.
So stop using online banking.
I got a VPN ad before watching this.
what are ads?
"With IP Vanish..."
Skip
Haha
Algorithms
same, IPVanish for me 😂
*stops using VPN*
"Sorry, the content provider has not made this video available in your region."
*starts using VPN again*
Vpn is not a big deal. Real gangs doesn’t even talk directly with their unregistered sim cards often. It’s just for the sake of blocked contents. And Privacy? Huh funny.
If you really need to use a vpn then you should create your own openVPN server.
HAHAHHAHAHAHA
@@Hans_247 the cartel has tgeir own cellphone networks. Epstein had his own cellphone network on pedo island.
From my experience they don't even work that well for that shit. The connection is slow as fuck.
When reading the comments, a counter-argument can be found for each argument: ''Use this. Do this. Don't use that, it's useless'' and so on. You can read the comments all day trying to find out how it really is, to get what is true and what is not, until you finally realize that no one really fully understands how it is. The more you read, the more you understand that.
here's a like.
Welcome to the other side 😂
Man, does this ever sum up my experience trying to understand VPNs. The whole thing has always seemed like a bit of a religion; the adherents all zealously believe in it, but cannot provide any proof for why. It seems largely faith-based.
Not that I'm entirely against that (hint: my name), it's just not enough for me to be sold on the whole thing.
NordVPN could've just used a VPN to protect themselves from the hacker attack
How didn't they think of that?
200 IQ!
Warehouse was broken into it, nothing got hacked and no personal data was revealed because they don't keep logs.
That isn’t quite how it works kiddie, the attacks were formed when a company installed software on it that contained exploits that allowed the attacker to hack it, if they used an VPN on a VPN server would change nothing at all
Online Satanas Sorry kiddie, but OPs comment was a very obvious joke that only a smartarse like yourself would fail to notice.
Thats it I'm never using the internet.
😋
(Go's on internet)
Yes
Flyze that’s the joke
Alpi 545 why
Thank you man. Having no knowledge of networks and VPNs I still had a gut feeling that VPN providers can monitor your traffic if the decide to, what's to stop them. That was the answer I was looking for. Your video is great and to the point.
There isn't a thing online that is be all end all and will solve your privacy issues completely.
A vpn is a good layer of safety that makes the process of sniffing your traffic harder, but it's just that - another layer.
Take what I said with a grain of salt, I'm not an expert myself, this is just my personal view on this, based on what I've read and what I know (limited information).
eh; just a bunch of fallacies and hand waving with very little facts. Was hoping for more.
The basic premise; VPNs are not 100% privacy/infallible so they should not be used is a bit of a contrite fallacy.
99% of your basic users are perfect safe behind a VPN; if you are going to do a "severe felony" act of some sort; then VPN is not going to save you. ie: if your are using a certain hacked firestick or downloading illegal movies; good step to take and "probably" fine; if you are going to start a mail-order drug business; you going to jail.
I still side on; don't do illegal shit anymore on interwebs; true anomity is pretty much gone without taking servere steps, shrug.... Proxy, onion, tor and VPN; along with a OS built around privacy (ie Kali) and no user-accounts / data / etc... Arguable they can still find you; just a matter of how much they want to spend.
Indeed, maintaining complete anonymity is crucial. My DaoNet VPN Android apps requires no registration at all.
Glad some one is telling the truth. The real truth is privacy online has been dead for 10 years. The system was never built for privacy it was built to connect.
No it hasn't lol how does this post have 30 likes ??
You are stupid.
@@user-yl4zj2hx2bi also noticed sometimes random braindead comments have a ridiculous number of likes. I wonder if some of these "top commenters" are using bots...
you sound like a person explaining connection in death stranding game 🤣
“Connect” isn’t the best word. That’s the humans/users manipulation of how we use technology but creators of all this internet? It’s to monitor
That’s it. I’m moving to Montana, starting a potato farm, and building my own ISP. Who’s with me?
Me
I am
Agreed but I am doing a tomato farm :)))
Too cold in Montana
I might be movin' to Montana soon, just to raise me up a crop of Dental Floss
Me: searches for vpn
youtube: Stop using VPN
Sus
@Wolfgang I was looking at getting a VPN to protect against DDoS attacks while gaming on XBOX. What do you recommend for that?
Nice try FBI. I still ain’t gonna turn it off
Edit: people below can’t comprehend the concept of satirical comedy
Fax fuck that shit
LOL
Its fine to keep wasting your money for no real benefit besides confidence (I guess).
@@reesericdotci do u not know what a VPN does?
@@reesericdotci you have a contract for some services. Depending on the location of the company, they might not be subject to your isp complains, like on the isle of man. If they offer no logs as a service, they must respect contracts. Otherwise it's see you in court
I disagree with a few points here. I don't think VPNs are a flawed idea. But they're marketed in a way that is just deceptive.
You are still alive tesla?
@@nabinrai749 Um yeah, he's selling cars now, where you been??
maximusextreme No HE IS THE CAR
@@maximusextreme3725 i have been trying to stop using vpn ..sure time flies fast
@@maximusextreme3725 that's Elon musk you fool
Ok this might be a silly question but here it goes…
Say I use my own phone personal internet and browse then delete my history but like the next day use a public wifi on my same phones can they see everything in my iPhone including my pictures and internet history despite not browsing using their wifi at the time?
I hope this makes sense
Hello Wolfgang, thank you for sharing your knowledge around VPN's! Do you have any thoughts on Orchid (OXT) crypto based VPN regarding the points that you make in this video?
Meanwhile RUclips users in China: "Sure, I'm gonna stop using them right n
@fakefirstname fakelastname lmao what are you talking abo
@fakefirstname fakelastname you wouldn't get it
@fakefirstname fakelastname ok boomer
@fakefirstname fakelastname no u
@fakefirstname fakelastname You do realize that not finishing sentences have been a part of jokes before people starting calling everything "memes"?
Btw, joke =/= meme
Wolfgang: “Don’t use a VPN”
RUclips Ad after video: “need a VPN? Get one here.”
Same here, bro.
Ouch.
@Don't Talk Zoomer: A bunch of shit hawks.
Lol
@s A l l e e You mean someone somewhere made the same comment under this video? Oh no!! Covid got you really bored...
I am looking for VPN that I can use at work for uploading videos and casual surfing. What will IT dept see when I upload video through VPN?
I have just bought NORD. Has something changed since the video was published? Please give me some advise.
Stop using bad VPN's would be a better title.
But how do you know what is a good VPN? You only know that they are bad after they got hacked. But not before :D
@@damian007567 There are VPNs out there that are very open. If you go to the expensive route you get even a server appointed to you.
Moral of the story is, if your VPN is only a few bucks per month, it's probably shit.
Agreed
So what is the best trustworthy vpn?
@@H11X11N Right now I dont know. Force your DNS sercive to open DNS your connection will be slow but I guess windscribe will have to do for now
This video is a little biased. You spend a lot of time telling us about how a VPN is bad and a false sense of security, then at the very end spend like ten seconds telling us that they're good for a handful of circumstances, which are likely the main circumstances that a VPN is used for. Instead of going for a clickbait title it would have been better to approach it as a "when a VPN is needed and when they are not", maybe with a guide on how to set one up yourself.
That would be in bad faith when the VPNs too market themselves as "Anti-NSA" to not be known as piracy companies.
Agreed; a guide would be awesome.
Why don't you make your own video in your own channel?
remember Edward snowman.... he sold to other countries
@@gerot201 snowden*
what kind of keyboard do you have & what wall mount do you use also thanks
Great video. Js curious, how come I have my VPN connected on my cell phone but when I open a mobile app say like to get something to eat that food app knows which restaurant is closest to me? 🤔
A better title would be “Don’t rely on a VPN for privacy”, more accurate however is less clickbaity
But clickbait is how these guys make a living!
Big John Memes i agree
Yeah, but that's the title
@@hrvtk he changed the title
I just use it to watch naruto Shippuden on Netflix
It's hard to believe that VPN companies aren't tracking and logging users' activity. It would be way too tempting to track users and amass huge volumes of data on people. That's where the real $$$ is. Not the $3/month subscription fee they collect.
Lifetime subscription VPNs double-dipping on the profits
Its stupidly easy to create your own VPN, do sexy sleek marketing, and sell it to tech illiterate or tech heads that dont know when something is too good to be true.
Information collection is BIG business, and people are paying to send their info through a company. I guarantee that info is being sold somewhere, even if they label it as anonymous
... and they get sued for a shitton of money after some 35 year old neckbeard deciphers them
It would be suicide to log data. High end VPN's cost more for the privacy. If they logged data, eventually they would get hacked and that data released... effectively ruining their reputation overnight
How do I live a more private life? My phone legit has the gps thing near the time come up all the time tracking my location. Some apps I may have given access to my mic! I’m starting to freak out
I want to watch bbc 4
but since I don't
live in UK anymore, I get blocked. Why is this and can
a vNP or whatsit help me?
"Stop using vpns"
Bruh I literally have to use a vpn to watch youtube
Might as well use it to watch this video until the end 😁
I think a better title would be “stop using vpns for security”. Using them to get round content blocks is a valid use case, but it won’t make you any more secure.
what country do you live in?
@@iagree3742 Iran
@@arman4440 ... makes sense
"There are minor exceptions" *Proceeds to state very good reasons for using a VPN*
Vaprin yes and you'll notice that those very good reasons for using a VPN service are almost never mentioned in any of the VPN service advertisements.
More media companies like Netflix and ESPN can detect if you're using a VPN, which they can now block. VPNs are slowly becoming useless.
@@squatch545 *becoming useless for watching netflix, as stated there are still valid reasons
@ProseColored Glasses Torrenting is also illegal. What does the legality of this have to do with anything anyway? This is a technical discussion of what reasons people might have for wanting to use a VPN.
@ProseColored Glasses Ok, in that case, yes....good point.
what type of vpn shoul i use if i only want to change my place in the world?
so how do we protect ourselves, our bank accounts, how to be safe wen hookin onto public wifi overseas or watevs? if no vpn?
There's a difference between wanting privacy and wanting anonymity. Anyone who uses a VPN for anonymity is not getting what they paid for, but VPN's are more than proxies. They specifically encapsulate your traffic inside of another protocol (the tunnel) so that it cant be inspected by any intermediary until its unpackaged at terminus.
You might not even have this account anymore, but if you do, and you’re feeling compassionate, I’d love a more simplistic understanding of your point? If that’s even at all possible.
@@johnd1047 a vpn is like instead of sending a postcard via post you put your postcard in locked box and then give it to the post services. The person who receives the box knows how to open it.
A vpn does not give you anonymity because you can easily get tracked by a state actor that high-jacked the website you are visiting and then puts bad stuff inside the locked box to find out where it goes.
I hope this was helpful
@@xXDESTINYMBXx ah okay that’s what I thought but had a very low resolution picture of, thank you! So like an added filter? Patriot act still says “f**k your rights” but at least employers couldn’t access it if you weren’t on their system.
@@johnd1047 a good vpn will give you good protection against any non state actor.
There are still many attack vectors left tough.
Website you acces etc.
@@xXDESTINYMBXx I agree but there's one important thing missing in explanaition. To stay with your comparison of the locked box, the person who knows how to unlock it is NOT the final destination of your postcard but the VPN provider. The final destination (Website, another Persons computer, etc.) wouldn't know how to open the box either.
That's why you have to trust your VPN provider. And that's the Point Wolfgang mentioned in his video. You just have to choose weather you want your Service Provider to be able reading your Postcard or your VPN Provider. Therefore, VPN doesn't guarantee you any privacy over your ISP.
But to be even more precisely I would explain it like that:
Connections over http (not encrypted) are like sending postcards, EVERYONE can read them
Connections over https (encrypted) is like sending a letter in an envelope. Not everyone can read your letter but an envelope is a common standard and there are possibilitys someone could extract some data / open the envelope oder see through it
Connections over VPN (encrypted) is like putting your postcard OR letter in a locked Box, which will then be unlocked at the shipping service (VPN provider). They then deliver the CONTENT to the final adress. Keep in mind, that they may even use a 3rd company for delivery as any VPN provider probably uses another ISP.
Even tho there is a way of end to end encryption, when you set up your own vpn, for example on your router and connect to it. Then the whole way between your device and your router is encrypted. You could also set up a vpn between your router and the router of a friend. Then all the communication and data between your routers will be encrypted. But any way AFTER the router isn't encrypted anymore.
*Welcome to the comments section! Please read this first:*
Q: Who else got a VPN ad?
A: Everyone did. The title has 'VPN' in it, so RUclips puts VPN ads on the video
Q: The title sucks! It should've been "stop using bad VPNs" or "stop using VPNs for wrong reasons"
A: If I said "stop using bad VPNs" people would automatically assume their VPN is good. NordVPN, PIA and PureVPN were all considered "good" at some point. If the title was "stop using VPNs for wrong reasons", people would automatically assume their reason is valid.
Q: What if I live in China/Russia/North Korea?
A: There are good reasons for using a VPN and this is discussed in the video. Circumventing censorship is one of those reasons.
Q: What if I want to torrent or watch porn?
A: See previous answer
Q: But without a VPN my ISP will be able to snoop on everything I'm doing!
A: That's not true. HTTPS and SSL/TLS encrypt full URLs and contents of the websites you visit. Your ISP will still see the domain names, but so would the VPN provider. In some cases, if your ISP is affiliated with the government and you can get in serious trouble by browsing certain websites, it's reasonable to use VPN or Tor. However, for the most part, it's a choice between trusting a big ISP comany that resides in your country and trusting an anonymous nobody on the Internet who would have no accountability for misusing your data.
Q: No
A: Okay
I didnt get a VPN ad, but i did get a internet service ad. Close enough i believe you though.
Use Doh to encrypt domain names. I recommend nextdns.io since it has an insane load of security features and pi hole level ad and tracker blocking
IP address is not as useful to hackers as it used to be. Most ISPs assign dynamic IPs and utilize NATs. And since the number of devices per household increases, any kind of identity profiling has gotten very difficult.
Plus, if you use a VPN for all your internet traffic, your identity will be linked with the VPN IP. Even if your VPN service has multiple IPs in different countries, those IPs are finite
How about hotels, public WiFi, or what i of someone intercept my connection?
Is it safe not having a VPN?
And: how does VPN improve my safety?
I use a VPN right now: I do nothing illegal, I have nothing to hide, and yes Government has far more tools to spy on you.
My only concern is bad people intercepting my connection and great informations such as passwords (emails, social networks, bank accounts) or credit card number (I buy only from big websites such as Amazon, Paypal, etc...).
Thank you!
Front loading the comment section with rebuttals prior to people disagreeing. Well played. I still disagree.
when i installed express vpn i got a warning message on my iphone that my data is leaked and asked to change my password im confused 😐
Is Incognito hidden from VPN or can that get tracked as well?
VPN's are nice to have when you're on a school network that monitor every site you go to and give you a heavy-handed firewall blocking
Tor browser and dns over https ?
Ok coomer
That's actually what he said in the end of the video
Hidde 345 You clearly don't know how tor is for.
@NZgamer How do they know that? The only way I can think of is to read the VPN server IP you are connecting to and check to see that it is a common VPN server. Your actual data is encrypted with https regardless of whether you are using a VPN or not. In which case you could try using tor, which is hosted by random volunteers .
This is hokum. One VPN service or server being compromised by a hacker does not negate the usefulness and security of most VPNs
The only bad thing nordvpn did is that they didnt reveal the breach in time. I hope they learned their lesson.
@flmvdvsrg I think what bothers most is the time it took them to tell that a server was compromised. (And the people just spreading rumors) There are some legit reasons to use a VPN - like banking on a public wifi tho it is better to do it at home on a wired device (paranoid much)
His main argument is that you can't really trust the owners/operators of a VPN service, which is a 100% valid viewpoint in my opinion.
@Don Wallace You are, just as everyone else, entitled to your opinion. What he has said is all technically correct. However the message of this video is that VPNs are bad and as a whole useless so don't waste your time. I, personally, don't agree with that message. It offers more privacy than not using a VPN. I did enjoy the information about openVZ containers though.
@Don Wallace True, but it does require extra time and resources to go to the VPN provider and pull logs. It's more loops they'd have to go through.
What about ad's does a vpn do anything for stoping ads?
Omfg, I love the background music, where can I download it? 🥺
A better bit of advice would be to state that a VPN isn't a magic wand, but it is a legitimate privacy tool. Make sure that your privacy toolbox contains the right tools, that your tools are of high quality, that you know how to use them properly, that you know what each tool's limitation is, and how to combine your tools to provide adequate privacy coverage. This will vary from person to person, depending on their threat assessment. For Joe Six-pack who just wants to stream or torrent without getting nasty letters from their ISP, pretty much any VPN will do. For journalists living under a hostile dictatorship, they'll need a safe and solid VPN in addition to several other necessary tools and steps. And of course there is everything in between.
Also many raspberry pis as proxies.
@@BrainPermaDeD Proxies (mostly) are not an encrypted line and that is an absolute must have for a VPN.
Can you tell me more please, what are the other tools and steps you’d need
If you want to stop me you'll have to find me first!
**disappears into encrypted cyberspace*
What if my internet connection is not secure? Would you recommend using a VPN? :(
definitely diving into your videos. Thank you so much for taking the ti to teach us that are green in the field. Have a great day
feel like this video's title is wrong and misrepresented
its called clickbait
Today’s sponsor: “Nord VPN” I would have died if he said that XD
For real
For real
For real
For real
I got an ad for nord vpn at the start XD
Is it illegal to use it for something you pay for (like Netflix to spoof your location for different content)?
Wait guys so what is the solution for privacy if not VPN? lets say for someone not well versed in linux and programming. What are user friendly options for this?
@Red Rain
Thank you very much!
I literally got an ipvanish VPN ad right before this.
NerdWorld same lol
Thanks, Wolfgang.
Also I'd like to add that hosting your own VPN is a good method of reaching your localhost from anywhere in the world securely (through VPN split-tunneling) at a multi-layer service (bare-metal, VM and cloud) as long as you have ssh and a VPN client running.
what do you think of decentralized vpn
Hey guys I'm new to this vpn thing and I just got open vpn is open vpn openvz because he said some scary stuff about openvz and it sounds similar to open vpn so I just want to know are they the same.
I used ExpressVPN for a while. I primarily only used it in public wifi areas, at hotels, conferences, etc. My initial concern came from people at tech conferences that I saw actively hacking the routers at the conference centers and just sitting and watching internet traffic. Some conference centers were either using outdated firmware with known vulnerabilities or in some cases setting ridiculously simple administrator passwords.
Many people at conferences I have been do just to very blatant network scans as well, just trying to connect directly to shared drives over the network, over-trusting bluetooth devices, etc. A VPN won't protect you from direct attacks like that. I've heard a lot of people trying to use VPNs on public wifi for that reason, to which I always say to make sure you have a personal firewall or detection service on your machine.
What I have found useful is having my own cloud account. Because I do a lot of cloud development, I have accounts on multiple cloud providers. I created a "hopping VPN" of my own that just jumps between clouds, services, regions, etc. with ephemeral IP addresses. Still limited range of IPs, but it's at least somewhat helpful. Through use of Terraform and a couple other tools, it's easy to get everything you need set up **FAST**.... but I'm also a software architect. I keep the Docker containers I use up-to-date with security patches, etc, which is part of my day-to-day job anyway. It's easier for me than the general public, but I am trying to think of ways to OSS my solution to help.
I know it's only a small layer of protection, but when I'm in a public space I get paranoid about some of the bizarre things places do and restrict.
We're in a state right now where privacy is a big concern, but there's also not much we can do about it. Everything has vulnerabilities and holes. I try to explain to corporate clients that even things like firewalls are merely a deterrent and not perfect, security and penetration scans only work for known things, etc. but it's rare people will listen. Many times, even for PCI compliance and other things, people scan once and never scan again nor set up active monitoring/logging for potential violations.
Some new, innovative idea is needed - and I haven't seen one and haven't been able to think of one on my own... yet.
valuable information thank you. even tho i don't understand anything about thsi field your explanation was very clear. but in a nutshell what vpn i should you ? what's the safest one
@@lalalala-qc7cp it depends. I find that most of the big name ones are "ok." Most of the big names are held accountable for "bait & switch" (where they protect you from your ISP seeing things, and they just sell it instead).
I've had good luck with ExpressVPN (I specifically need global VPN for testing some stuff), I've *HEARD* (emphasis on heard) good things about Surfshark, NordVPN has a ton of people using it, CyberGhost is supposed to be good for people who travel a lot. I don't know must about Proton VPN, but they certainly have a heck of a showing out there and for the money they seem to be wonderful. If I was switching, I'd probably go Proton VPN at the moment for my own needs.
Surfshark I think gives you more devices per account for less charge.
I recommend looking up what your needs are. Such as "best VPN for simple home use" or "best VPN service for travel," etc.
It's like when people ask me "what gun should I buy?" I always tell them "it's not about what I use, it's about what fits you, your comfort, and your usage/needs."
@@substance-1 ZenMate VPN or CyberGhost. They are situated in the EU and have stricter data protection laws.
Love your honesty and your concern for other people's privacy🔐. Refreshing to say the least. "Subbed 👍🏽"
@guy behind the game why is that?
What's your favorite VPN ?
I don't know what to choose between NordVPN and BitDefenderVPN
What should I choose?
K my cellphone is a vpn I i don’t know if it is still active how can I find out
I'm only using VPN so I can pirate shit without my ISP telling me I can't do that
Just get real debrid or premoumize. They do all the downloading for you and you download at full speed from them and no one can see what you're downloading, just that you're downloading a 50gb file from real debrid.
Unless they warned you before, they generally don't take action. If they do, change your provider. No snitching when they're getting your money
Yep, get a seedbox. VPN is ok if you can afford forgetting to turn it on, but in some countries you can get in serious trouble for torrenting (e.g. Germany, Austria).
Alternatively set up a docker container with a VPN killswitch
yyyjyyyj dint take the risk, ISP’s by law must log and give information to the government if asked - depending on what country you are in of course.
Ha same
Appreciate this candid tutorial on VPNs ...I currently live abroad in a controversial country where one should cover their tracks when navigating online...being careful has become an established habit.
If you connect to a VPN server outside of your country, which is the point in your case. It’s unlikely the country that has the vpn server will force the vpn provider the logs to your country
So what should we use?
What if there is no data, ie the vpn provider truly doesn’t log?
I just want to hide my traffic from my ISP. I use MULLVAD VPN to do this, and it does the job very well both on my mobile phone and my home router.
I understand it is open source, based in Sweden, and is highly respected in the developer community. I believe it is much better than using one of the fee or cheap paid for VPNs that are closed source?
VPN's are fine for privacy, to be anonymous however use tails/tor etc. Privacy and anonymity are two very different things, you take your threat model into consideration and decide how much work and care you need to put in for whatever you're doing. This is pure clickbait.
Tor is good as well as proxy chains
The video completely failed to make that distinction, so thank you for bringing it up. Want something unavailable in your country? A quality VPN is fine. Need to stay anonymous for reasons? You need more than a commercial VPN and the information you're after isn't gonna be from some kid on youtube.
It's safe to use VPN basically right?
@@athallahreyhan4896 for basic stuff like torrenting yea
@@B-DINO I wanna use a free VPN to save money. If you were me would you use a free VPN or would you rather just use the legit ones?
I downloaded psyphon and I didn’t do anything with it really but I heard some vpn sell your info so does anyone know if it’s risky
You had my heart at LD's theme! Nice take. Appreciate time spent on this. Keep up the passion...
When you show your viewing audience something on the screen TO READ, perhaps you could possibly flash it even faster so there is absolutely no time to read what you have presented for them TO READ! Thanks.
just pause the video
@@brutus3631 Yeah, I already knew dat, But, I watch a lot of stuff, research, info, curiosity, enjoyment - a lot, and almost always have to pause, which isn't how I prefer to watch so many videos. I don't look at them for the sheer enjoyment of constantly "having to" pause them. For one thing, in totality, it is wasteful time comsuming. Same applies to volume. My computers' volume is 100% and the video is 100% but still can't hear the voices probably because they didn't make sure their volume recording is high enough so that, if anything, I have to turn mine down.
One thing is for sure, when I run into these irritations, I stop watching and they lose a viewer. Oh well, as Fleetwood Mac once wrote.
@@m.e.bentoo2271 honestly i absolutely understand your point, i guess im just used to watching content that sometimes requires pausing
@@brutus3631 So am I. In fact, I pause a lot, ponder, use dictionaries, review from other sources and so on. I'm sure (assuming of course), you do as well. Many times, time is of the essence, and having to eat while viewing as one example and wanting to kill two birds with one stone, my hunger for information and food, the video forces me to pause over and over again. This is true because of my complaints. That I don't like. Maybe they skip past or fast trying to ignore a contradiction, to mislead or ignore or outright deceive the viewer. I don't know, but my experience of videos, movies and other visual presentations is they should be, as a sort of requirement, smooth and well paced and IF there is content to read, really, enough time to do so. Let me pause when and where. Don't force me. Now I'm not better than anyone else nor special but I am better than this kind of situation. And so are you. Thus, I won't watch their video. Don't they want me to? Having written a lot (books, screenplays, business plans, grant proposals, mission statements, financial projections, summaries, presentations, etc.), I know ones' premise is of utmost importance. If your audience doesn't buy, accept or believe your premise, your play is tossed, your plans rejected, your request denied. That's one reason why if you don't buy, say, a movies' "opening premise" and it's in the very beginning, if you leave in the first 20 minutes, you may ask for and legally request your money back. Did you go to a movie theater expecting starts and stops? No. Are you better than everyone else? No. But you are better than the situation. They want their money but are legally obligated to refund it. Do they want you to watch, like and subscribe? Yep. Then do it right. Those are the ones I watch, like and subscribe to.
I often play you tube videos on my TV with the sound via my hifi and sometimes have to turn up the volume on a quiet recording. Then I forget about the volume and when the next properly recorded video comes on, it near bursts my ear drums and both me and the cat jump out of our skins lol.
Thanks for the video! Here is another use case, your ISP throttles your connection based on what you are doing... with a VPN they can't use this technique to throttle your connection because they don't know what you are doing.
Then they'll throttle VPNs if those get popular enough
@@Liggliluff then, they'll be losing customers.
@@DARTHMOBIUS Tor was technically created by the government anyways so selling out to NSA is like me selling out to grandma when she gave me a $20 bill for Christmas.
@@Nickholast Aren't they already by throttling?
This is why we need net neutrality. Data is data, and shouldn't be charged based on what it is or its usage.
@@DARTHMOBIUS Holy shit this is so wrong. Stop pretending to be smart please.
First of all, TOR was co-funded and developed by the US.
Second, it wasn't sold out to the NSA. There is exactly zero information on the web.
Anyone can create nodes and gather data from it or hijack browsers if you are stupid enough to allow scripts.
How did I get from (nothing earphones) reviews to VPN and Snowden secrets?
Hello greetings from Lima, I'm already going crazy with this, could you help me please? what does this mean? Your IP address was reported as an open proxy. And how do I solve it, I changed my mobile and everything started there, my previous instagram was blocked like fb without understanding anything, now I try to open a new one and what my proxy comes out.
VPN IP addresses are well known. Some websites prevent users from connecting with VPNs. Try disabling your proxy or VPN. You could try using Tor
Thanks for making us more aware of dangers of VPN. What would you recommend as an alternative of VPN?
tor
your actual internet connection
@@Naleksuh nice
What if I build my own VPN server, put it in Switzerland and go to Antarctica where there is no state?
I was wondering the same thing.
Putty SSH tunnel is easier
You can do that with a NAS
That already exists... ProtonVPN is based in Switzerland.
Some science team is using the wire or whatever in Antarctica.
There's a lot of people in forums online saying that we should use vpn to keep our cctv secure for remote access. Does it really works?
Do I need a vpn for my phone cup and string?
Video: "Stop using VPNs"
RUclips: *Gives me an ad for a VPN service*
You basically only make two arguments, and they are really weak.
*Logging* - Sure, your VPN may be logging your traffic. Maybe. One thing is for certain. Your ISP is _definitely_ logging your traffic. So in this situation, a VPN may help, but it certainly won't hurt.
VPN companies stake their entire business on their reputation for providing privacy. When that is compromised, their business falls apart. This is a huge incentive for them to actually do a good job here. Yes there are perverse incentives like you mentioned, but those only pay off in the short term. Reputable companies that have been around a while and are based in countries that respect privacy are likely to have good privacy and security practices.
*Identification* - You say that as soon as you use the VPN to access something like facebook, it reveals everything else you do from that IP address. This is not true. That IP address is likely shared by many other people so there is far too much noise to distinguish the users.
Rolling your own VPN on a VPS does not give you anonymity. That IP address can be directly linked back to you, just like your normal IP.
Logging: This is a pure "Who do you trust more?" question. I personaly trust my ISP more (with non-critical data and i am not from the USA) , then some offshore 3rd-party service that could be easily owned by a foreign goverment and used as a honeypot.
Identification: Nobody really cares about your IP anyway, there are far better ways to identify somebody. And VPNs don't help you against it.
Using your own VPN is useless? ...what's the point? Sorry, i normaly don't like to be rude but.... this statement is just retarded.
If you have a vServer in a different country you can still use it against GeoBlocking and your personal VPN still encrypts your traffic on a public wifi.
VPNs where never ment for anonymity.
Your ISP has a strong incentive to maintain its customers approval. You send them a big check every month and some of us have been sending that check every month for 20 years, as for security you really should be using encryption for everything.
@@7ngel Facebook is a joke. Only the v unsavvy use!
@@7ngel using a vpn on steam will get you banned as a cheater. Cheaters who get banned used vpns to rejoin and cheat.
The honeypot thing seems more like a thing to scare people from using VPNs than a real threat that has a chance of happening. With your ISP it's a 100% chance that they're logging everything (for most countries)
I saw this in my feed today, finally, someone who understands that VPN's are NOT protection for privacy but simply an exit point somewhere else in the world and the provider can LOG everything.
As can your provider. As can the cell towers that you’re near. Etc.
Just because they can does not mean you should stop using VPNs entirely.
Why I can't change resolution of this video?
Great video. I use expressVPN from Europe to access some of the geolocated content from my US streaming providers. While I think this is a good use case, sending all your traffic through a single point is a bit concerning. The things that people do for HBO!
My iso throttles me I can download steam games at 2mbs without VPN and 15+ with VPN
What if a company controls my windows machine updates, could they somehow see my real location if I setup through the router ?
VPN is not a Firewall, infect VPN is often considered trusted work network.
Wb tour browser with vpn would your stuff been getting logged?
Nord actually got audited to verify their “no logs” claim as legit.
Well, look how that turned out
Wolfgang's Channel Pretty well? No user data was taken because no logs were kept.
@@NeoCreo1 For real?
Star Foxdelta Hmm?
@@NeoCreo1 They really found no data since there were no logs?
What if I don't want comcast sending me letters about file sharing
oh . no worries there, if you have comcast, in 2019, you no longer have access to sites that allow file sharing. They block them now. I know, I tried lol! Yep, Amerika! Outside the US, I noticed my google results and sites where much more expanded.. a curious thing, freedom.
@@pianokeyjoe you do realize that there's a ton of mirror sites, which change url often, right?
@@ChucksSEADnDEAD I do. I tried but kept finding alot of them blocked. I never experienced internet censorship in person until I visited Florida in 2019 and tried to visit said sites. Now I know how the Chinese feel. Scary stuff.
I trust my vpn more than I trust my ISP.
Plus, it's not Nord throttling my connection to netflix
The VPN Server still dumps all of the traffic onto the VPN Server's ISP network. So if you self host a VPN Server, that traffic is still being dumped on your ISP's network as if they were on the same local home/office network.
Video about stopping using VPN.
RUclips: VPN add at the beginning
Me: -_-
You mean "ad" right?
@@aaraviii Yeah I do, I typed it wrong.
Lol yeah I always feel like it's just telling the router what your favorite country is
Is torrenting legal Linux ISOs through a "generally trusted" VPN considered safe?
What characteristics should one look out for besides no-log policies that pretty much all of them have?
What countries are a good idea for them to be based in? Turkey?
Is a seedbox a better idea?
I'd personally say that ProtonVPN would be your best option for torrenting. It's an open-source software made by the same company that created ProtonMail and it's based in Switzerland.
Incase you're unfamiliar with the Swiss internet privacy jurisdiction, their data protection laws are some of the strongest in the entire world and just like any other company based in Switzerland, Proton is not obligated by law to collect, store or track any information about your connection logs, IP addresses, geographic location etc. so any data logs containing personal information about your browsing history and/or internet traffic will never be given to any third party (including your ISP and legal authorities) because they simply do not exist.
Though many VPN providers claim a No-Logs policy, Proton still boasts a major advantage to other companies and that is the fact that Switzerland is not a member of the 14 Eyes Surveillance Network, and besides that, it's also outside of EU and US jurisdiction and therefore any kind of hidden backdoor within the source code allowing authorities such as the NSA, Interpol, MI6 etc. to monitor users for the sake of "public safety" cannot be imposed into the software, as it would be a violation against the Swiss privacy laws.
Your ISP can be hacked, and your VPN can be hacked, VPN is as safe as hotel rom lobby, you don’t know who is on the VPN network.
Does anyone know anything about ProtonVPN? They are out of Switzerland which strong privacy laws. I have email with them.
Real title: "Don't use VPNs based in the US and don't use VPNs for things that VPNs aren't actually good for."
Or in the 5 eyes or the 14 eyes ... DO your Research... there are trusted vpns out there. Also, if you're just streaming its really not a big deal. It's the ppl that are doing the dirty dirty stuff that should worry
@Grand Imperius Realize first why you need a VPN..
Do you live in a country where websites are blocked or you can't write whatever you want?
Or just because so many youtube videos lately have had so many VPN ads, and it's getting so popular that you think it's a must for privacy, when in fact, it isn't,
The "worst" thing I've done is just downloading a couple of torrents, and even though that's illegal, the chance of actually anybody caring for it is almost non existent. When I need/want to access a webpage or video that's blocked in my country, I just use a free vpn like Windscribe, 10gb per account and can easily make more (I don't stream videos on it or download stuff, so it lasts a long while)
Yeah, any privacy concious US based company just simply shut-down once those laws went into effect. I forget the company, but the CEO refused to comply with the new laws on having to keep logs and provide them on demand without subpoenas or warrants... but he just shut his doors, like nope, fuck that.
@@allenja0 It was Nerdshack, AKA Mailshack. Anonymous email, useful for scam baiting for one thing. CEO had priciples. Even though it messed up a bait I was doing, I respect him for it.
Grand Imperius Actually IPVanish is the worst. They are based in the US, Florida which means, they are forced to give out all logs to agencies like FBI NSA etc. because the US are part of the 5 eyes.
Well what do you use for privacy and protection?
Ok .. but if someone sends you suspicious link that may be tracked and have the potential to actually hack you (that actually looks like a normal link ) but you are curious what it is .. how you open it ?
Tor
So where does TOR browser fit in with all this?
Ok so you recommend hosting your own VPN service by renting a VPS, and the VPS should be XEN or KVM based.
Me: *see title* ok...cool
*Proceed to watch this while using VPN*
Another valid use case for VPN: livestreamers and social influencers concerned with bad actors (or just whiney script kiddies) from capturing their IP address
What about VMware (ESXi) based VPS? Is it safe?
Good content Wolfgang. But when you say the only thing a VPN does is tunneling your connection to them...you in fact hide your IP because the IP that is given to you is a shared IP, unless you have a static/private ip that some vpn providers offers as an extra service...so when you access some web service people cant really tell who you are (then again...depending on the log policy).