I assume you know the problem with this, a *local* untrusted network is no more secure than a *remote* untrusted network. You've just shuffled some packets around, collected $4.99 and improved nothing.
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Do I trust Cloudflare more than coffeeshop wifi? Yes. Do I trust Google not to use my IP to target things at me when I'm otherwise taking measures to limit tracking? No. Do I think a single-hop VPN is going to give me a ton of privacy? No. Do we all want HTTPS everywhere? Yes.
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If you want to direct your passion in a direction which will probably protect more traffic than anything else, could you poke the appropriate people to get Google to preload HSTS?https://twitter.com/ericlaw/status/1201645830173872130 …
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VPN is useful insofar as it prevents wifi hotspots from injecting stuff into my plaintext http requests
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it's not "secure", but that doesn't mean it won't solve a limited set of problems. I'd speculate it's less likely someone annoying will be listening to your vpn traffic than at your local coffee shop wifi
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