I am deciding to make this fourm post to try and hopefully the community can prove me wrong. Of course threat model according depending on your situation, not mine. So a VPN provides two main guarantees. Hiding your IP address from websites online to prevent IP based tracking. Hiding your traffic…

I’ve been thinking about this and such questions more, the more I see them. And I think I have finally come to a conclusion. There is no one right answer. We all know what VPNs do and don’t and can do and can’t - so, the answer to such a question is always that it depends on what you’re trying to a…

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Is a VPN really needed?

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freddy March 27, 2025, 7:28pm 13

Techlore’s very own @Jordan made a video (albeit for a different channel) on this very topic: Do you need a VPN?

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