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submitted 1 year ago by tester1121@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

I keep hearing on VPN ads that you have to use a VPN to not have your login information stolen. So far I have been using Cloudflare WARP to be safe enough. However, if I am using an HTTPS website, do I really need a VPN or WARP? Will an attacker on the same network as me be able to access passwords transmitted over HTTPS?

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[-] jsdz@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's not particularly easy to find a trustworthy VPN, but it's not particularly hard to find one you'd trust more than whatever random public wi-fi you've found while on the road. Your stock reminder that we can never trust anyone is not really useful here.

Using a good VPN is one way to sanitize the whole network environment when you have no reason to trust even the router you're connecting to, avoiding quite a few risks besides that of someone passively analyzing your traffic.

[-] Starbuck@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

He’s not suing trust nobody. He’s saying apply the same scrutiny to your VPN provider as you would any other vendor who you only hear about in online ads.

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