trippingonthewire@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 年前Usually connect to Walmart's WiFi but they changed their policy I guess, won't be doing that now...lemmy.mlimagemessage-square228fedilinkarrow-up1691arrow-down121
arrow-up1670arrow-down1imageUsually connect to Walmart's WiFi but they changed their policy I guess, won't be doing that now...lemmy.mltrippingonthewire@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 年前message-square228fedilink
minus-squarenoodlejetski@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 年前it also hides the websites you visit from your ISP, who often likes to profile you based on your browsing habits.
minus-squarefuzzzerd@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 年前It shifts from the isp to the VPN provider, who isn’t doing that profiling yet.
minus-squarenoodlejetski@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 年前in that case, it hides the websites you visit from: the ISP providing the network, and the business who offers the public WiFi, both of them probably being very eager to profile your browsing habits (as seen on the image in the post).
it also hides the websites you visit from your ISP, who often likes to profile you based on your browsing habits.
It shifts from the isp to the VPN provider, who isn’t doing that profiling yet.
yes.
Yeah but it’s on a public wifi
in that case, it hides the websites you visit from:
both of them probably being very eager to profile your browsing habits (as seen on the image in the post).