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Jul 20, 2020

Just a reminder that you can choose to be watched by your ISP, or by your “VPN provider.” I usually recommend the ISP as they are likely better operated and more regulated than the VPN players. I see little benefit for home users to pay for VPN services.

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Robert Hansen

@RSnake

Jul 20, 2020

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Daniel Micay

@DanielMicay

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It does have a substantial advantage: a short-term shared IP. Also, considering how bad ISPs are here it's really not hard to find far more trustworthy and privacy-friendly VPN providers. Our ISPs don't even try to pretend that they have respect for privacy or anything else.

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ISPs are definitely required to keep records of which household they assigned an IP address. They pass along copyright notices. They also assign quite long-term dynamic IPs unless people are rebooting their modem. The assigned IP leaks your location within a few city blocks too.

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Maybe there are better ISPs elsewhere in the world, but in Canada there are very obvious benefits to using a VPN. Sure, you trust the VPN with being able to see the traffic going through instead of your ISP. Also unlike ISPs you have a lot of choice - not just a few local giants.