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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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The Truth About VPNs: What You Need to Know (open.substack.com)

submitted 2 days ago by Petersnowden@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Which VPN to choose and why

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[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

The issue is also that they’re all either run by Israel or intelligence agencies, or they comply with their backdoor access to everything.

If it was actually a good, private vpn free from government spying, the governments would shut it down.