paraphrand@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoGoogle has a VPN service nowlemmy.worldimagemessage-square235fedilinkarrow-up1670arrow-down146
arrow-up1624arrow-down1imageGoogle has a VPN service nowlemmy.worldparaphrand@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square235fedilink
minus-squaregerryflap@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·1 year agoA VPN doesn’t really protect you from Google though. They get their data through trackers, which doesn’t get blocked by a VPN. Obviously I’d still not use a Google VPN, because who knows what they’d do with that data
minus-squarerandomperson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoNo one knows what any VPN provider would do with that data so that’s not google exclusive.
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoAll the traffic is now attributed to you, like it was before your self hosted VPN.
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoTo really hammer in the attribution? Haha
minus-squareL'unico Dee@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThat’s a fact. But, in the first place, VPNs weren’t invented for privacy.
minus-squareL'unico Dee@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt also depens on what informations the host has about you. Bare minimum is the IP, but it isn’t really an identification
A VPN doesn’t really protect you from Google though. They get their data through trackers, which doesn’t get blocked by a VPN. Obviously I’d still not use a Google VPN, because who knows what they’d do with that data
No one knows what any VPN provider would do with that data so that’s not google exclusive.
Selfhost your VPN!
All the traffic is now attributed to you, like it was before your self hosted VPN.
But that extra layer, man!
To really hammer in the attribution? Haha
That’s a fact. But, in the first place, VPNs weren’t invented for privacy.
It also depens on what informations the host has about you. Bare minimum is the IP, but it isn’t really an identification