General question for you;

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

do you have a VPN? I am thinking about it but don't know if it's worth it? Anyone care to share experiences?
Thanks,

[CentralMass]

1. This article might be a good starting point.

https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/what-is-a-vpn-and-why-you-need-one#:~:text=A%20VPN%20will%20hide%20the,engineering%20scams%2C%20and%20phishing%20sites.

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. I use a VPN for my business and financial transactions.

I use the Avast VPN that boots on power on. I've never have had an issue with my financial accounts and I assume that disguising your IP address helps in keeping things from being intercepted and tagged to me.

[Beakybird]

3. I have CyberGhost VPN. It works well.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. I don't know if I have a very paranoid neighbor

Should I ask him? What are the signs to look for?

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

5. Ha!

[usonian]

6. I don't use one yet. Free ones seem to have leaks.

If you just want to change apparent location, Opera browser has a mini one. Not a true VPN. It just changes your apparent location.

Apple has iCloud Private Relay (comes with the extra icloud storage $$) but archive.is/ph/md etc. hate it and put up a captcha if it's turned on.

A real VPN has serious encryption, no logging (they all seem to store metadata) and so on.

If you are truly paranoid, use tor, and/or the TAILS distro (a bit slower, due to all the relays).