Originally Posted by
JonEp
Sorry to hijack the this thread with a general VPN question but aside from obtaining a desired country IP address which I know is useful for streaming what is the advantage of funnelling all your traffic through a single unknown data centre overseas for it to spew over the internet . If its for serious nefarious purposes the investigating authorities can always follow the trial back to the provider and have them cough the subscriber data. I just don't get it, a VPN for me has always been a secure tunnel through the internet to another secure environment ie home or work.
The way VPN's are marketed now reminds me of a perfect unregulated choke point in which to snoop on traffic exactly like the fibre that leaves Cornwall.
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