31-12-2022, 12:11 PM
Only a home or work VPN is worthwhile for secuity, and as Nick says no VPN gives protection against scams, phishing, drive by web based attacks. The idea of a VPN is not designed for anonymity, but to prevent intercept of traffic especially using any unknown or public internet access. The commercial 3rd party VPN suppliers are nearly worthless for security because their market is people wanting to circumvent geolocation and some content providers can now detect a VPN is used and refuse connection.
Legitimate VPN use isn't going to need a 3rd party supplier. I didn't watch the video.
In the days of dialup modem access the Office system would look at user login, hang-up, and use a predefined phone number to call back. This meant the correct location was used. VPN has replaced that, though it's not quite as secure unless the connecting user has a known static IP (which defeats use of a public connection like Wifi in hotel or cafe). Still a VPN (server software on home router/PC or Office system) does stop all intercept attacks. Public wifi can be deliberately intercept set up by owner or managed remotely by a bad actor.
Legitimate VPN use isn't going to need a 3rd party supplier. I didn't watch the video.
In the days of dialup modem access the Office system would look at user login, hang-up, and use a predefined phone number to call back. This meant the correct location was used. VPN has replaced that, though it's not quite as secure unless the connecting user has a known static IP (which defeats use of a public connection like Wifi in hotel or cafe). Still a VPN (server software on home router/PC or Office system) does stop all intercept attacks. Public wifi can be deliberately intercept set up by owner or managed remotely by a bad actor.
