Did you ever think that maybe all VPN services are actually secretly owned/funded by governments and that they are only giving you a false illusion of privacy?

suspicious_eye@lemmy.world · edit-2 4 months ago

Did you ever think that maybe all VPN services are actually secretly owned/funded by governments and that they are only giving you a false illusion of privacy?

Blackmist@feddit.uk · 4 months ago

I feel that if your government really wanted your secrets, they’d just send goons to your house to beat the fuck out of you.

I have a VPN to protect me from nosey bastard piracy lawyers.

cantankerous_cashew@lemmy.world · 4 months ago

100% this. OP is describing a great plot for an B-tier Hollywood movie, but reality tends to be much less thrilling. Obligatory xkcd.

SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca · 4 months ago

Yeah and the bonus text is how I think. The CIA, NSA or whoever think you’re too boring to bother with. Even if the VPN was directly owned by the NSA, they don’t really care about whatever fetish porn you’re jerking off to. If you’re some kid still in your edgy socialist phase, they don’t care. Sorry, you’re just a basic bitch to them.