What is the actual point of a VPN?

[Violent Rainbow]

I keep seeing them advertised on almost every youtube channel I watch and it's starting to get annoying. Like I know they basically change your location data so websites don't know where you are but why would the average person need that? What is anyone doing that they need to hide their location like that? It seems suspicious to me.

[Ramonkey]

To watch stuff I can’t watch in my own country because of weird copyright situations

[A&A]

󠀡󠀡님이 먼저 게시:

Lambros님이 먼저 게시:

For me so can read or watch news/tv unmolested by region, Opera browser helps personally, has free built in vpn.

Opera VPN doesn't work. YouTube still asks for age verification (Aka your personal information including credit card info) even when setting it to Asia or America. Opera VPN is broken.

What do you want when they want a verification for your google account

[☎need4naiim☎]

󠀡󠀡님이 먼저 게시:

Lambros님이 먼저 게시:

For me so can read or watch news/tv unmolested by region, Opera browser helps personally, has free built in vpn.

Opera VPN doesn't work. YouTube still asks for age verification (Aka your personal information including credit card info) even when setting it to Asia or America. Opera VPN is broken.

It is not surprising.

Opera browser is no longer owned by Norwegians. In July 2016, the Opera brand is sold to a consortium of Chinese investors. This browser is not the best option to search the Web anymore. In whereabouts of 2009, it was top notch.

[A&A]

With VPN you can mask your ip, but you can use dynamic ip adress which is good enough.

In Wifi Hotspots usually can be found a guy who is trying to steal your info using "man in the middle" attack, but l can't see logic in this, because even Youtube, Facebook and tons of other sites are encrypted as the proxy or VPN servers, so the hacker can see what information you are sending and recieving, dont pay for VPN, pay for your mobile operator and use USB cable if you want to use it for your laptop.

Also, l don't think they are usefull, because when you are visit some random sites which can put some trackers on your browser which can exploit your location, real ip and ect. you can understand what l mean.

Also, most of the IPS like to spy their customers from their DNS servers, so they will know that you are using VPN, unless you are connected to another DNS.

who's the worst, the person who begs you to give him $ 5 for a 90% discount on a VPN, who somehow manages tons of servers in almost every country or IPS that can be more trusted.

region locked content only if you want to pay aditional for it.

[Irene ❤]

Violent Rainbow님이 먼저 게시:

I keep seeing them advertised on almost every youtube channel I watch

Are you watching naughty videos?
I've not seen a single mention of VPN throughout my youtube history.

[Awaken]

You use a VPN for the same reason you use blinds, or curtains, on your home or apartment windows. Do you care about people looking in your windows? Then you should care about people looking in your internet window.

[Morkonan]

󠀡󠀡님이 먼저 게시:

Lambros님이 먼저 게시:

For me so can read or watch news/tv unmolested by region, Opera browser helps personally, has free built in vpn.

Opera VPN doesn't work. YouTube still asks for age verification (Aka your personal information including credit card info) even when setting it to Asia or America. Opera VPN is broken.

The IP addresses of VPN exits get known... It's a trivial thing to block IP addresses.

I'm not saying the Opera VPN is good. What I am saying is that all of these big commercial services subscribe to list providers that track the known IPs of VPN services of any sort, just so they can block VPN-users from certain content. And, who knows - Hosts could easily provide that as an "extra" service, too.

So, it's not necessarily Opera's fault at all. Besides, if it's coming from an IP range that also spawns fifty-eleven 1337haxxors attacks a second... Well, that's going to get blocked, too.

PS: Opera's desperation-VPN offering was initially sketchy, IIRC. The company they had partnered with didn't have the best track record of services, IIRC. (Could be wrong, can't recall the specifics, but I know I lol'd and didn't even want to try it.) If that's now a provider in a certain region... there's nothing "private" about that darn connection, that's for sure.


Let's all remember something, too - Bypassing someone's attempt to legally act to protect their intellectual property is wrong. It's wrong. It's a wrong thing to do. Sorry, but those cookies in the cookie-jar can't just be gobbled up because one "wants to" if the owner of those cookies says "No." And, that copyright-protected content doesn't magically have that legal protection removed just because one wants it or just because one "can."

[☎need4naiim☎]

Awaken님이 먼저 게시:

You use a VPN for the same reason you use blinds, or curtains, on your home or apartment windows. Do you care about people looking in your windows? Then you should care about people looking in your internet window.

Closest post to my own.

[A&A]

Awaken님이 먼저 게시:

You use a VPN for the same reason you use blinds, or curtains, on your home or apartment windows. Do you care about people looking in your windows? Then you should care about people looking in your internet window.

Someone is watching your IP? Then go to your internet operator and tell them you want to close the internet plan. One window less.

[ambi]

DieDisneyDie님이 먼저 게시:

That is not how the tor protocol works, and what the yiff is a "glowies?"

government spy, agent etc. basically the bad guys

[Morkonan]

The Tops님이 먼저 게시:

If your internet goes too fast and you're like "whoa internet, slow down!" you might want a VPN

I lol'd, 'cause it's actually kind of true. :) Nice one!

[Lunacy]

I remember the concept of VPN's being illegal, and then they became a business?

[A&A]

Well, using other peoples ips are illegal so :D

[Astro_80 (WASH YOUR HANDS!)]

Violent Rainbow님이 먼저 게시:

I keep seeing them advertised on almost every youtube channel I watch and it's starting to get annoying. Like I know they basically change your location data so websites don't know where you are but why would the average person need that? What is anyone doing that they need to hide their location like that? It seems suspicious to me.

Security and Privacy. Provided you aren't doing anything illegal.

[Electric Cupcake]

Ambigore님이 먼저 게시:

DieDisneyDie님이 먼저 게시:

That is not how the tor protocol works, and what the yiff is a "glowies?"

government spy, agent etc. basically the bad guys

There's already plenty of words for that. I guess snowflakes feel like they have to make a new one to be taken seriously.