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Originally Posted by flatbutt

I have been most reticent to use VPN. Please school me on why I should use it.

The theory is that your ISP can watch everything that you do online (not a far fetched theory). In addition, as you surf the web, every site that you go to can also track you by the information that it garners from your browser and you IP address.

If you connect to a VPN then you create an encrypted connection from your computer to the VPN so your ISP can no longer see what you're doing or where you're going. Also, the sites that you go to no longer see your IP, but see the IP address of your VPN provider.

Of course, using a VPN kind of makes the VPN provider into a sort of ISP, so instead of your ISP tracking you, you've moved the ability to track your activity to someone else. Most VPNs say that they don't watch/log/track you. That's great if you believe/trust them.

Here's more info.

https://www.perimeter81.com/blog/cloud/what-can-vpn-providers-see

https://www.reddit.com/r/VPN/comments/p68pay/can_vpn_provider_see_my_activity/

https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/73816/can-you-still-be-tracked-when-using-a-vpn