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Re:Brave, the false sensation of privacy by rovr138 on Friday June 18, 2021 @10:04AM (#27550440)
If you turn on your VPN, they can do exactly that.

You’re just trading one for the other and that new one might not even have to follow the same laws.

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Re:Brave, the false sensation of privacy by eldaisfish on Friday June 18, 2021 @10:25AM (#27550653)
except that if a VPN provider is caught selling your data, they are toast.

any VPN worth its salt has a business model built around not logging data and not selling data. Your ISP on the other hand, is in the business of selling you internet access. Your data is a secondary revenue stream for them.

They two are not equivalent.

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Re:Brave, the false sensation of privacy by rovr138 on Friday June 18, 2021 @10:44AM (#27550902)
As long as you also clarify that their consumers must be following the news where that's announced.

With us technical people it's more likely, but not necessary for others that may have just heard 'use a vpn' and went to the App Store, searched for 'vpn' and prepaid 3 years.

Hide my ass VPN is still up - https://www.hidemyass.com/en-us/index

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