• @[email protected]
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    128 hours ago

    For the use case of encrypting your traffic while using a public WiFi, both commercial VPNs and self-hosted ones provide the same functionality.

    • @[email protected]
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      117 hours ago

      I think the point they’re getting at Is that you can’t use a self-hosted vpn to hide your piracy activity because the link is registered to yourself.

      • @[email protected]
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        55 hours ago

        Yes, but this thread is about security while using public Wi-Fi, which the original comment was saying doesn’t require commercial VPNs.

        • @[email protected]
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          21 hour ago

          And I highly doubt people are pirating while on public wi-fi, the bandwidth just isn’t good enough, and even if it was, it would be a dick move to other public wi-fi users.

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      68 hours ago

      Yes that’s true. But also that’s the wink and nudge marketing claim that VPN marketers make while everyone knows the real reason you are using a VPN.

      With HTTPS, DNS-over-HTTPS, and most endpoint firewalls dropping non-gateway traffic, the risk is a lot less than the VPN ad reads want you to believe

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        15 hours ago

        DNS-over-HTTPS sounds like it’ll be the least used by general public since most people I know are still using default DNS settings which would point towards their ISP’s. I’m not sure how many ISPs have moved towards DNS-over-HTTPS or if they are even activated by default.