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PIN ME PLEASE
THEPLANETEARTH no
I’m still confused
4 days ago??
I only use my VPN as an Adblock for my iPhone.
Future job applications:
⬜ I.T.
⬜ engineer
☑️ gay pirate assassin
Gay scientologist pirate assassin*
As a proud gay computer science engineer pirate assassin I must say you are setting your goals way to low.
Larry Lewinsohn na
OSW Review HD this is the last place I’d expect to see an osw comment. Btw jay what bar is Tom?
DOINK MAKIN KIDS CRY BRAH
Gay Pirate Assassins: "He's on to us"
Nope, only you. I happen to assaginate gay pirates. Completely different. Now can I get your address to expedite this process?
YAR
chartreuse by capital cities
this is going well
Vento Aureo anyone?
Calling AES “military grade encryption” is like calling oxygen “military grade air.” It’s not totally wrong, it’s just that everyone is breathing that same air
That’s what he said tf
Pure oxygen is a great way to cause combustion, so I think it's military grade air
@@JustAGoatwastaken and dying for after a couple hours
We also watched the video thanks
Great explantation.
Lots of people saying that this video aged poorly because Tom now is sponsored by a VPN company, but did it really age poorly?
In this old video, Tom is clearing up some of the "false" claims that VPN companies make and talks about how he dislikes ads that lie or mislead - he himself did not use any of these claims in his new video where he is sponsored by a VPN company. In the new video, he literally says that he is using a VPN because he is traveling a lot and away from home, which automatically makes websites show up in dutch, and prices in Euros. He also said that he could not access a UK government site without the VPN.
I don't think this aged poorly. I think he is sticking to his principles and did an honest VPN advert.
I actually feel that VPN advertising changed after this video. It went from making bogus claims about VPN to advertising what they have over other companies
It's not a bad advert either.
exactly. hes just pointing out that vpns have very little advantage in security and the advertisers are usually only highlighting the security side because the real reason people use vpns is in a legal and sometimes moral grey area
agreed
@@muhammadzidnii2577 It absolutely did, it was a massive shift.
VPN also prevents bear attacks. I’ve been using VPN for the last 5 years and haven’t been attacked by any bears.
Guys I can also attest to this. It's something they never talk about.
But do watch out for Tunnel bears!
Sledanet came to write the same joke, hope people get it
It's true. I don't have a VPN, and I'm constantly being attacked by bears.
Actually it's only one bear all the time.
Actually, I think it might be a dog.
Actually, I think she's just trying to lick me.
I wear glasses and use a VPN and I got attacked by a squirrel. Guess neither prevent squirrel attacks.
I honestly can’t believe Tom would throw gay pirate assassins under the bus like that.
Give us maul skins you rascal
butt pirates you mean.
Let me try and understand something. If everything is already encrypted and we're not really needing a VPN, why worry about a VPN seeing what the ISP was seeing? The ISP needs to keep the logs in many country's for 5 years, so no logs means no 5 year history. I'm not a GPA but do value my privacy. Besides, I don't know what I'm searching today that might become illegal within 5 years.
@@dorleysflir5350Even if you search something and then it becomes illegal, you can't have any problems with that, because that's not how law works
“Hiding your sexuality from college administrators” is such an oddly specific example.
America is a silly place.
This is the UK
@@AvalonisHere like how you point out America, but this is a more UK specific thing :)
and unfortunately an oddly common one
@@RealTkco Avalon might have remembered the uni in the US where if you were caught holding hands with someone of the same sex, you’d be expelled and they’d keep your tuition.
I like how when Tom got sponsored by a VPN he only stated the benefits he said in this video and not the bs
When did he get sponsored by a VPN?
@@randomdams9179 If you havent found it yet it's the flower video about the clock that got ruined by the internet
@@randomdams9179 The flower video.
@@GeorgeDCowleyalso Tom Scott's new video: "Why are adverts so loud?"
As a gay pirate who is not an assassin, I feel largely represented by this advert.
Same
Never too late to change careers
@@coscorrodrift you dont choose the pirate life, the pirate life chooses you
Pirate life the chose you
chose life pirate the you
Yarr harr fiddle-dee-dee, my dudes.
I'm a gay pirate assassin and a VPN has helped immensely, thanks Tom.
@@ayefries Well I never considered that, but now I can't not and I want answers
Or are you a gay that pirate assassin?
@@unknownbutawesome8759 unfortunately, that's not a grammatically valid interpretation.
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrmmmmmmmmm
@@ayefries Yes
The military grade encryption part reminds me of one of his linguistics videos
Saying your VPN uses military grade encryption is like saying your tomatoes are 100% vegan
Or your bottled water is gluten free.
@@strehlow It makes me laugh when I go to the store and there's a wall of items that all have tags on them saying things like "gluten free," "kosher," "vegan." Like, if you care about eating kosher, you probably know that rice is kosher. Yes, marketing department, olive oil is, in fact, vegan.
Now imagine they could implement Citadel II Encryption into a VPN...
I think one inclusion that's worth mentioning is that a VPN might hide your identity and stop tracking etc but the second you login to a website like Google, facebook, then all of that goes out the window. Too many people think a VPN gives them privacy and then stroll around the Internet logged in to their google account, linked to their facebook account, linked to their steam account....
I think that asking them to put "WARNING: USING A VPN DOES NOT PROTECT YOU FROM CRAPPY OPSEC" on all of it would be too much though...
Guys, I think it's Raid: Shadow Legends.
Ah, someone else who watches Simon Whistler videos.I still to this day dont know about Shadow Legends
@@kanedaku what
@@fumiko___ What
No its Raid: Shadow Master Coins Seven Sins 99 Lengends Deluxe New Funky Mode
No, it said ■■■■ VPN
Coming from someone working in the military; military grade is "lowest bidder that gets the job done"
Unless a CEO is friends with someone high up in the pentagon or white house. Then military grade for that project is "as much as their corrupt pals can get away with charging us regardless of quality."
Sometimes it doesn’t get the job done. *laughs in UCP, NWU blue uniform*
that's a cool ass profile pic
How do you feel about serving in a military that is involved with indoctrination against Founding-Stock Americans?
@@bubbletea1985 nigha what
Guys he didn’t change his mind. He didn’t use any of the lying talking points in his video
For some reason I feel like buying a ton of flowers.
yup
Had to see if this video was still here ;)
Huh?
Anyone who has ever been in or known someone in the military knows "Military grade" means "Built by the lowest bidder" anyway
We're also all using a "military grade communications network", i.e. the internet :-D
Miliitary Grade: AKA: The servers are built like bricks to withstand explosives, not sure how that helps the virtual customers but hey XD
AES has very solid foundations tbh. The only weaknesses are implementation specific ones.
My underpants must be military grade, as they were the cheapest I could find.
I mean you're correct but also the US military also sets minimum requirements of performance that can be higher than civilian use stuff
"Our VPN uses Military Grade Encryption to protect your data" is like a box of cereal with "100% Asbestos Free!" on it.
I particularly love the packs of chalk which are labelled 'non-toxic'...
"Military grade" really means "cheap but durable". AES uses the same key for encryption and decryption, if the attacker gets that key, which is totally possible, then suddenly all the security bestowed by a VPN vanishes.
GMO-free sea salt!
Bag of sugar - without artificial sweeteners. The bag tastes just like a paper bag should.
@@deidara_8598, modern systems generate a fresh key for each session and discard it after the connection is closed. Check out forward secrecy.
RUclips recommending me this video after Tom got sponsored by Nord VPN is ironic
That's a good one algorithm
I'm here after nordvpn sponsored robot tom scott twin.
Glad to know I'm not the only one who remembered this video hahaha
"The best choice for gay people, pirates, assasins and gay pirate assasins."
Just realized i am the target adudince
Arrrg, I'd like to buy a long range musket... in pink please.
Does this mean, someone who wants to kill gay pirates, a homosexual person who wants to kill pirates, or a homosexual pirate who also kills people for money?
@@catatonicbug7522 Yes.
@@catatonicbug7522 yes
Turning down a deal like that tells a lot about your character. I’ll remember that.
*Everyone liked that*
Ah, Fallout memes, sweet sweet nostalgia :D
*Bradley Evans will remember that*
@@aurelien5747 Damn it, beat me to it
Karel Veliký Didn’t they stem from Telltale’s The Walking Dead? Fallout 4 had those pop ups in 2015, while Telltale TWD came out in 2012
There was no sponsorship. At least that's how I took it. And if I didn't understand your joke, then shame on me I guess.
One employee getting bribed to "leave" a usb in a server or computer is a real threat. The people/company hiring the employee will pay an exorbitant amount of money for this and this is one of the reasons that nothing can be truly secure. Though this is not extremely common, it does happen and is sometimes very hard to notice or fix. Great video.
Who else is here after the most recent video where he got sponsored by NordVPN?
Me. To be fair, his stance did not change. He only promised geo-location capabilities in the ad.
Me too. Had to double check if there was a followup to this but seems like he just gave in
Me
It was always Nord.
@@BGFutureBG gave in?
Dang, shame that VPN backed out of the sponsor deal; the gay pirate assassin market would've probably been really profitable
Exactly
Yarrr kween!
Arggg, Matey. We already get loads of free booty.
now i dont know which vpn i should buy... rip
@@gaypirateassassin2404 oh no...
"The best choice for gay people, pirates, assassins, and gay pirate assassins"
This is why I'm subscribed to this channel
exactly
Yes
I’m so happy rn 😊 I’m your 1.5 k like
1.8K likes and 3 replies lmao
So you're a gay pirate assassin?
There is always a lot of money in lying to a lot of people. Tom, you're not the hero we deserve but you are the hero we need!
You know how nice it is, that for years I've seen these VPN propaganda videos - and that one of my favourite guys doesn't just fall in place, but actually gives an honest explanation.
If we had more people in the world like you Tom, we might stand half a chance.
"Military grade" is like when you make a sci-fi movie, and can not explain how things works, so you just throw words like "quantum", or "nano tech"
@@xEqualsRandom "Oh no! They have Quantum Molecular Shielding! We have to get our scientists to produce Dark Matter Nano Tech Blasters if we are to have a chance at defeating them."
don't forget about electromagnetic, they always throw that one in
@@takia5683 no need to do that, you just need to reverse the polarity and they'll be defenceless!
Paracausal
“Hacking the mainframe”
Are you telling me advertisements aren’t to be trusted and that people lie? I can’t believe it
I know you're being ironic, but false advertisment just goes unregulated. In my opinion, any false or misleading advertisment should be removed and the company's advertising rights removed.
DarkPortal yet that is an optimistic hope that will almost certainly never see the light of day
Secretman33 But it’s on the internet, it must be true
@@Secretman33 yes, i'm being optimistic, but im talking about the ideal state, not the way to it. Ideally we'd start with people boycotting theese companies, and not skipping the ad so the company pays the creator
@@DarkPortall All the milk around here states rBST-free! Which isn't a lie, but it's also what everyone does in the state, so is it misleading? Or just making you feel like you're getting something better than everyone else?
This video actually changed the way VPN was advertised.
On this day, Scott got a VPN sponsor.
Ironic heh, nobody can say no to $$$
@@hariranormal5584 Not really ironic, he didn't bs anyone. He stated that it helped im with geoblocking and price differences.
"If I took a sponsorship from a boat manufacturer and then it turned out that the boats sank, that would suck."
-Tom Scott, 2019
Well yes they are not supposed to do that
this video is sponsored by white star line
I mean. Whatever floats your boat
@@prinzeszelda3650 not this, clearly
@@prinzeszelda3650 well not them, apparently.
"great for gay pirate assassins"
Finally a service for me
That's gay
Seems like the next high tier comp in TFT.
stop assassinating gay pirates
"Yo hoe hoe and mmm a bottle of rum for the two of us honey _{it's poisoned}_ "
This is the representation we truly need in the world.
I just got a legit advert that said "I bet you're watching a Tom Scott video" and scared the living daylights out of me 😨
well well well...
the irony is that ads displayed on this video are all VPNs.
Looks like it was demonetized now. :/
I haven't seen an add on youtube since 2008 or around, unless it was integrated in the content
Keywords and algorithms.
@@Blackadder75 "Brave" web browser?
RUclips Vanced
“Are you a gay assassin pirate?”
Was not a line I was expecting to hear today
I am now
When were you expecting to hear it?
sam king of the lions tomorrow
“Are you a gay assassin pirate?”
yes, I am
"F*CK, Dave pack your stuff, they're on to us!"
I'm an IT specialist.... This video is refreshing. I could finish your sentences and was right everytime... Very different from what I experienced almost everywhere. Great!
Flash forward to June 2022 and Tom is doing ads for Nord VPN.
And keeps them honest in their ads!
Whenever i see “VPN” my mind instantly says _”Nord VPN”_
Then that means the marketing team of NordVPN are good at their jobs.
there's a bunch of others. protonvpn, expressvpn, panda vpn, onavo
Ew, no, stop falling for their tricks.
@@WindspriteM therr is also tunmelbear but none cares about them cause there is no vpn
Nordvpn got hacked in 2018, i'm sticking with expressvpn for now
It’s kinda funny that if the VPN company approved Tom’s version, then I’d probably trust that company more than any other VPN service
100% agree with this point
That's true but the business probably wants to keep it's reputation and avoid getting into legal trouble.
That is not a boat that would float very long. Being associated with/advertised as being good for activities legally grey at best and some of the highest crimes worldwide at worst? Its silly, but it miiight get them in trouble with people who lack that sense of humor and appreciation for honesty.
It's basically what ProtonVPN does. Targeting journalists and activists isn't as colorful as gay pirate assassins, but at least it's honest. They even mention "safe file sharing".
It's probably a bit. I doubt there was actually a real VPN company. I can't remember the last time I saw a sponsored video from Tom.
Who else is her after his newest vid?
Same
Hi, China user here. Been using a VPN for as long as I can remember.
If a company actually agreed to that advertisement I would actually be interested in getting their service.
Most average people won’t. That’d be bad for their business.
@@obi-wankenobi5411 the thing is anyone watching this video and advert just heard all the things the ad is saying, so by just admitting it in the video makes you look more genuine, honest and down to earth. Probably not a good idea to run that ad to mass audiences, but to people who already know the truth, it works.
@@cadentan9083 The people "who already know the truth" probably already made the decision and an ad would be wasted money.
@@obi-wankenobi5411 Agreed, but different ads for different people. Karen will be persuaded by other things than a CS major might.
it's probably norton or pia
I am no longer scared of my online passwords and identity being stolen. I am however scared shitless that I'm being spied on by gay pirate assassins. Thanks tom
Yarr.
Whaaahaaaahaaaaahaaaaa 😂
YarghhhAANNH!.
This is the sound of a pirate taking it in his black hole
Arrrr I be taking ur booty now 😏
Use a password manager instead. It has a secure master password on a browser extension or app, can even require you use an authenticator on a second device, and then all the other passwords can be generated by the password manager. You just remember the highly secure master password and that's it.
Funny how this video got recommended after watching the latest video
that robot was still creepy
"Military Grade" = The cheapest most cost effective way to accomplish whatever it is needs accomplishing.
"The lowest bidder"
Always.
floppy disks for nuclear operations
The government will always go with the cheapest option, so “military grade” isn’t exactly a good thing. I worked with 2 electricians as my bosses and the mayor of our town always took us for jobs because we were a tiny new business and thus the cheapest bidders.
That's actually cause floppy disks cannot be remotely hacked.
That, or an incredibly dated way due to a mix of security concerns and bureaucratic red tape. For reference, see the nuclear security still operating off of 8-inch floppy disks and/or the entirety of the VA.
"Military grade encryption" is essentially the same as "Surgical grade steel" a buzzword used to sell you things
Or “Aircraft grade aluminum”
Or Space grade aluminium
just use tour
John Wicked the Mario kart game?
Or "digital quality audio".
"if you're planning an assassination"
Alright, I'm sold. What's the best service?
Always able to find the info I'm actually looking for with Tom's videos, thanks!
"My VPN company doesn't keep logs."
"How do you know?"
"Well they said so."
"Uh huh!"
@LastName Almaember 😂😭
i remember a while back, the fbi was investigating this guy for something, and they asked a vpn company for the logs of the guy. the company was like "we dont keep any logs," which they doubted, so they investigated them and found out that they did not in fact keep any logs.
Perhaps the typical VPN company can be trusted not to keep any logs, but I find it funny that Facebook also offers a VPN service.
If there's *anyone* I wouldn't trust not to keep logs, it would be Facebook.
@@swindlesmccoop That was express VPN seized by the Turkish government.
Or maybe the example you're giving is a separate incident, but Turkey did seize some servers related to an assassination of a Russian ambassador in Turkey & they came up blank
@@ThatGreatGuyJesus might be that one, but i think the one im thinking of is private internet access
VPN also prevents death!
I haven’t died once in my whole life!
Edit: Those scammers lied to me
All evidence points to you being immortal
Correlation does not imply causation, but I can see the way you try to put the satire.
This will not age well
@@anaverageprince2350 will for a while, once it's proven wrong I'm not too concerned about it.
👁️👄👁️
Looks like he actually did get sponsored by a vpn
And he did not make any false claims about their services :)
I *literally* made this exact presentation, all the same data points and warnings, down to the "...and if you're being targeted by nation-state hackers, you have biggest issues" argument after a family member asked me if they should start using a VPN. It is extremely spooky because I matched the exact order of your data points and even sarcastic remarks about their practical usefulness (sans the murder stuff, my mum wouldn't have laughed at that). Good to know I can just send them to your video next time. Spot on.
As a RUclipsr parodying the FBI once said " oh no they're using a VPN. What am I gonna do. I doubt I have the authority to make them hand over their uses logs due to federal regulation."
Any chance you remember the video? Sounds like it was very funny
@@blight1885 Things your FBI agent says
@@blight1885 The FBI agent said calmly
honestly never seen that video but is it jReg
Ya but some are based in say romainia amd Switzerland that dont generally comply with outsiders demands for accounts bank or otherwise. So still ok to have that extra safety. Imo
FINALLY someone explains why most of the VPN claims are BS.
Especially nordvpn. They are by far the worst and the most suspicious
That's cool and all, but are we not gonna talk about those password managers?
@@BlackTecno2 I think password managers are fine
Rhettorical I’ve been made fun of so much for saying it, and now I have an easy link to send to explain myself with little effort
@@BlackTecno2 Is there something wrong with password managers?? Or are they just doing shitty advertising practices like VPNs??
I love this video! Thank you so much Tom for being honest with us about VPNs
Thank you so much for making this! As a fellow industry professional, those VPN ads drive me crazy. I've been complaining about it for years and only now have I found this video.
So glad I'm not the only one!
FINALLY
SOMEONE POINTED THIS BS OUT
ITS BEEN DRIVING ME INSANE
God, I felt for ages this VPN thing was going to be exposed in one way or another.
@bob morphy exposed
: adjective -- not covered or hidden; visible.
@bob morphy A major point of VPN advertisers is that it provides protection that isn't there. Most people are already protected. There ARE some reasonable uses though.Why am I typing out the video here? Just watch it.
@bob morphy What's the number one thing you here repeated so often in these VPN ads? Privacy. You don't really have a choice but to take them at their word that they don't log anything, and what you're doing is simply changing who can see what sites you're accessing. VPN's do have other uses, sure, but they don't openly advertize that. Either because doing so could damage their image or lead to legal action, or other reasons. If the only thing about your internet activity that you change is using a VPN, you are still just as traceable, especially if you need to enter payment information that doesn't use cryptocurrency.
like that Lifelock ad that says that they scan the dark web for you personal info. Like how tf are you gonna "scan the dark weeb"
Anyone else immediately fill in the blank as ‘Nord’ VPN
Maybe
or ‘express’ vpn
@@cosmicpulse7459 it definitely felt like more than one syllable so I think you're closer tbh
@@cosmicpulse7459 defos express vpn
i think its surfshark vpn
It's so great that someone finally says it. I also thought about this every single time I saw one of these vpn advertisements. Great video 👍
Thank you for honesty and openness in direct conflict with your bottom line! You've earned my subscription.
"That was a lot of money left on the table. A lot of money." And that, Tom, is why we trust you!
True that
Worth it to use "Gay Pirate Assassins" in a serious toned video.
I've also left a lot of money on the table. Will you trust me with your credit card number, ssn, birthday and mother's maiden name?
There's no actual proof of the censor bars actually censoring a real company. I'd bet good money there is no such company, and it plays into the story being told.
@@hhaavvvvii that's what i think too! the segue at the beginning seemed a little strange to me.
Also, does this mean Tom is going to start an "Honest Ads" series/mini-series?
Damn !! That would be EPIC
I would love that too!
that would be cool
@Tom Scott please do this
Here's to hope!
Amazing how things changed in 2 years
From my own experience, the streaming services have gotten rather good at detecting when people are using VPNs. It’s not actually that hard to do. The weakness of VPNs is that you have a large amount of traffic all running over a relatively small number of IP addresses. If services like Netflix detect an usually large amount of traffic coming from a single address, they will automatically cut it off after a few minutes.
It's very easy to determine if an network (ASN) is an ISP, Datacenter, cloud, NSP, CDN, etc. There are a lot of open databases which already have it classified, it literally can be a small lookup to know if it's actually an ISP network or an Cloud/Datacenter, etc etc network. Some CDN's even give you the option to block the site or service from being loaded anywhere but residential ISP's
@@hariranormal5584 Business users will sue their ISP ... and with everyone working from home an ISP to the office/datacentre is almost assumed
Tom Scott isn't just a national treasure, he's an international treasure.
The final goal of Nicholas Cage trilogy we've been waiting to see.
The question of which nation has the right to claim the treasure has been mired in courtrooms for years.
He's a treasure whose location is indiscernible thanks to ◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️ VPN
Mr. Worldwide
Italy agree
I was about to say, "Tom, you could have used that link on the screen to Rick Roll us", but upon checking it... I was indeed Rick Rolled and I congratulate you.
2:36
i was so proud of him
dQw4... wait, seems familiar
dQw = Rick Roll
Will Levine at this point most people know the link just by looking at it.
Nord VPN.
Your welcome Tom.
We all have trouble saying words sometimes..
looks like Tom took the money from the table in the end
I'm really proud of Tom for not sacrificing his honesty and integrity for "a lot of money"
@@RandomNameLastName811 I don't think they're even paying him anymore and he's just doing the "ads" as a part of his videos. I mean, do you really think NordVPN watches them and goes "yep, this is good advertisement for us"? I don't.
@@RandomNameLastName811 lot of money at times is less than $100
@@RandomNameLastName811 ah yes, because we all go to internet historian for trustworthy information especially on data security, what a scam artist selling out
You took the word right out of my mouth, Andre. It chears my up to see an ask of integrety.
Never gonna tell a lie about my VPN
I like this video because you clearly know what you are talking about and I often cite it when newbies ask about VPNs. The only critique, from my perspective, is that it feels a little bit naive about the nature and scale of the surveillance problem and the implications.
When once Tom appears in a similar ad I will get the thing immediately! (And will laugh for days :)))
Tom: refuses to compromise a high quality video for VPN advertisers.
RUclips: runs 2 different VPN ads after the video
Still integrety
It's like in the movie The China Syndrome, where a nuclear reactor nearly goes boom and just after the news report there's an ad for a microwave :-)
Me, an intellectual: turns off wifi to hide the ads
RUclips being RUclips, amiright kids?
Haha. I got Express VPN ads before _and_ after the video.
"It's not wrong. It's just not special"
-God when making me
Ur profile pic looks a little bit like a swastika._.
@@f0rk723 Problem?
@@pythontron8710 it's a snake isn't it?
Also I didn't want to insult you.
@@tidy5156 oh I didn't know that sry.
Thanks for telling me ^^
@@f0rk723 Well no... zoom it out and it's clearly the python logo.
Thank you so much for this. These creative claims about what VPNs do have been bothering me ever since these sponsorships got popular.
(I realize I am very late to finding this video.)
Tom Scott is such a genius. Guy's made a big money thru that exact video anyway while keeping his integrity and, at the same time, being highly informative.
Well Tom, you did it, you refused a big ol' bunch of cash to keep your free speech, and in the way you taught us about VPNs.
You flippin legend.
But nobody was stopping him....
Absolutely legend.
Creative legend.
@@bobbybologna3029 monetization would, as it has stopped many other RUclips channels.
“great for gays, pirates, assassins, or gay pirate assassins” - Finally an ad for me!!
That’s fine, unless you are a pirate or an assassin
@@absolutelyspiffing1828 but i wanna be a pirate
yarrrr :(
> THE FBI WOULD LIKE TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION
fbi pirate assassin 😭😭😭😭
kinda gae ngl
Been working in I.T for over 17 years, so glad you've done a video on this, VPNs are always miss sold. VPNS are for peeps downloading stuff they arent meant to.
I'm a professional software engineer and I can confirm what he said is 100% correct, or at least much more accurate than those sponsors.
Before this video, the main thing VPN sponsorships talked about was the security, after this video the main selling point for VPNs became the feature of obtaining content from other countries.
And not slowing down their connection when using vpn
@@muhammadzidnii2577 that's good
They're still happily using all of those.
Nope, it's still mainly on false security.
Yep, and with no shame that it is then often a fringe of law or regulations (which Tom mentions rightly).
Damn Tom, you've got balls. bye bye to your VPN sponsorships but hello to an enormous amount of respect.
Ironically, a VPN company DID manage to advertise on the pre-roll, whether they intentionally did this, or an algorithm matched them as a "great fit".
@@d4b I'd go with algorithm. I think RUclipsrs do get a little selection of general categories they can pick from from not down to the actual ads that play.
The algorithm sees a key word "VPN" and shows you an ad for a VPN since you just be interested in them.
@@ZachTangen Right. In this case, I was referring to "they" as the advertiser(s). I trust Tom not to intentionally solicit/accept a VPN company, at least here. :-)
These comments are so obviously curated. Nord got hacked. He's doing damage control.
@@whitepeoplergullible9241clearly not considering I can see posts like this
thank you for doing your due diligence and sharing it with others.
that aged well
Damn that was ballsy. As an experienced engineer I can say this is by far the most truthful video about what a VPN actually does for you. Thank you Tom for having integrity in a world full of sellouts. Can't say the world will reward you for that but at least you know you have it.
One thing I think the video should have mentioned is this:
The government can still figure out what sites you are connecting to over a VPN. All they have to do is monitor when you send a request to the VPN server, then see what site the VPN server connects to after that. This technique isn't 100% accurate when the server receives multiple requests at once, but it still shows that VPNs aren't as safe as advertised.
As Tom points out, most people being sponsored by VPNs don't lack integrity they simply lack knowledge in the field. While you could argue that creators should thouroughly research their sponsors that research would probably mainly consist of searches to see if the company behaves ethically and if other trusted creators have done deals with the company (cf. the BetterHelp sponsorship fiasco). Taking sponsorship isn't the same as selling out. Most people don't castigate sports stars for taking money from clothing companies. It just feels a bit 'icky' when our favoured content creators here do it becuase of the different parasocial dynamics.
Supa Koopa Troopa 64 That request is most likely a encrypted request or ‘forged’ request depending on how professional coded.
Well, it still is not too hard spoofing a wifi hotspot in a cafe and mounting a mitm attack
+1 to this, said it better than I could have.
I can't EXPRESS how this VPN's name is subtly hidden.
You are too dangerous to be left alive.
Skyrim belongs to the nords
Your comment will VANISH.
@@HAL-mv2cw mad lad
Glad that there's no SHARK while i'm SURFING
Thanks for making this information available!
██████ VPN is the only VPN I trust!
What about Nord: Shadow Nordgends?
To be fair, something marketing itself at "This is for gay pirate assassins!" would at least get a second look from me, because, c'mon! That'd be fantastic.
I know right!
Is that gay pirates who are also assassins, or assassins who specialize in assassinating gay pirates, or gay assassins who specialize in assassinating pirates?
@@sanjaymatsuda4504 I like to think I'm a Gay assassin who specializes in killing Pirates. I've never met a Pirate who got away alive. (Though that's mainly because I'm lucky enough to have never met a Pirate)
I can also see how a VPN might be squirrelly about okaying this ad.... "hey if you're thinking about doing illegal stuff, use Redacted VPN!" Might get them in legal trouble in the future.
Boom
"Gay Pirate Assassin."
Not gonna lie that would make a great username.
Dominik Römer I’m sad that this wasn’t written by ‘GayPirateAssassin’
@@jamessawyer9816 Hah.
AYYY
@@DevanK-rg3td neat
Not as good as Hiro Protagonist
I remember seeing a video where somebody cut from a video saying something was "Military-grade" to an actual soldier in the Army opening a door that the latch on the outside didn't work, so they snaked a cable to the latch inside and used that to open it, like "This is what Military-grade actually is, people!"
Why dindt I see the video 2 years ago it hilarious and informative. Thanks for referring to it in the new video. :)
I made the mistake of listening to the Edward Snowden podcast.... I'm watching this on my etch-a-sketch, from inside a faraday-cage in the woods.
This was brilliant. Thanks
I hear Magna-Doodles get better reception.
@@brainmind4070 Blasphemy!
Nice.
5g is coming, so soon a drone will fly a camera in near your neck of Woods and ull be streamed live 247
Tom, thanks for being a bastion of integrity in this ocean of greed. I was just thinking about what the 5 figures of cash you let on the table would have bought you and how it would have improved your life, and you walked away from it just to be able to know you're a decent person. So, if a reminder is of any help, you're a decent person and the world is a better place with you in it.
The hero we need
well said
hear hear
Hard agree :)
Maybe even 6 figures. The best RUclips sponsorship deals are upwards of 100k per video, and tom seems to be the constitent high viewed A rated channel to get those offers
Who's here from the Tom Scott Plus Episode about Rollercoasters (sponsored by NordVPN)?
This video aged like wine.. and after 4 years it spoiled like milk
After 3 years*
Could've sworn he took VPN sponsorships before and after this though, and never made false claims in them.