Why trust Google with your gmail? Why trust your doctor with your medical records? Why trust the IRS with your tax return? We live in a world of constant tradeoffs - I think the risk of a rogue player on the WiFi is greater than a reputable VPN company.
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Replying to @KimZetter @martijn_grooten
Not sure I follow, you have to trust your doctor with your medical records, you don't have to use a VPN. It's more like hiring some shady dude to drop your mail off at the post office two towns over, because you don't trust your local one. I (for once) agree with Martijn
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I think we can all agree that using some type of VPN, even if shady, is better than not using one.
#RiskAcceptance is sometimes necessary in both Kim's & Tavis' example. There is inherent risk of attack/interception in anything, but esp. w/ WiFi.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
No, we do not agree on that.
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So who is keeping the list of shady VPNs? Google security researchers? Hmmm... I think not. You're doing more harm than good by telling users not to use VPNs. Tell them specifically not use "shady" VPNs, but I disagree w/ not telling them to use VPNs while on public WiFi at all.
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Cool your jets dude, send your traffic to anyone you want.
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LOL, my jets are totally cool dude. Obviously, using a shady VPN is not smart. My point is that the average user doesn't know which VPNs are good to use or not. TLS is not perfect either, ever heard of ROBOT?
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As it happens, I have. That's of minor practical concern and doesn't work against most modern TLS implementations anyway.
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Right, but it serves to demonstrate that even TLS has vulnerabilities just as VPNs do. There is no perfect solution here. Public WiFi is shady as is, but as Tavis replied to me, "send your traffic wherever you want."
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Do you have any valuables in your house you want to keep safe? For $39.99 a month, I'll let you store them at my house. What's the flaw in this scheme?
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Let's agree to disagree. Let's also re-count the major benefits of VPNs shall we? 1. Encrypted tunnel browsing 2. Increased data privacy 3. Ability to visit blocked URLs depending on GEOLOC 4. Often faster https://goo.gl/N77aen *free VPNs are not a good option for security
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3 is certainly true, but that is not a security concern. The other points are nonsense.
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