282
To those of you with nothing to hide: One day you might have. Because you don’t make the rules. (mullvad.net)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.world
29 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 3 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I've got a bit of a VPN question if anyone wants to educate a newbie a little. When I tried a VPN (Mullvad actually!) it defaulted to Sweden but then accessing my banking information didn't work. If I switch a VPN to reflect that I'm somewhere randomly in the USA, is that still sufficient protection?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 5 child comments
    •
  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    it depends™

    what are you protecting yourself against?

    for my use case, that'd be good enough, i don't want my school/building admins to snoop on the websites i visit, and don't want to fear academic repercussions for torrenting and such

    though if you think your government is out to get you, then tunneling to another country is probably best!

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Nothing that serious, thankfully. Just want to obfuscate my data and leave as little of an impression on the internet as I can. Good advice, thank you!

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •