cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/35967051

Most people turn to a VPN for one reason: privacy. And with its verified badge, featured placement, and 100k+ installs, FreeVPN.One looked like a safe choice. But once it’s in your browser, it’s not working to keep you safe, it’s continuously watching you.

  • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    18 days ago

    Do you not run into issues doing this? I’m constantly having to split my VPN or disable my VPN for certain logins to work, such as banks, government sites and shit.

    • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de
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      18 days ago

      Most people don’t need to run everything though a VPN. That just slows everything down. You would normally only use them to access resources on a private LAN such as when working from home or accessing your self hosted services when away from home.

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        17 days ago

        That’s a completely different VPN than what the rest the comments are talking about

    • RedPandaRaider@feddit.org
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      17 days ago

      For some games and websites I have to turn it off yeah. Or at least switch the server to one that isn’t blocked.

      It’s a shame that websites are allowed to track and block VPNs.

    • Wildly_Utilize@infosec.pub
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      17 days ago

      Seperate browser for Clearnet /KYC

      For example “mullvad-exclude trivalent”

      I actually go further and have seperate VMs with different networks (VPN1, VPN2, whonix, i2p, or clearnet

      That way split tunneling feature Is not needed and I can have 2 mullvad clients on lockdownmode connected at once