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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.

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[–] RedPandaRaider@feddit.org 110 points 3 days ago (15 children)

Never use VPN add-ons for your browser. Unless you get them along with your paid VPN. You should run your entire network through the VPN, not just a browser.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 3 days ago (6 children)

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 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] exu@feditown.com 19 points 2 days ago

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

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