- Spoofing my geo-location
- Securing my phone's traffic when surfing on a 'free' or tariff-ed wireless hotspot
Sure, the provider might not keep logs, but it's certainly not for casual surfing, or heavy surfing. Stick to old reliables like TLS, TOR, and ADBlockers for vanilla /ISP connections
You might want to read these concerning VPNs and privacy:
- http://blog.hidemyass.com/2011/09/23/lulzsec-fiasco/
- https://torrentfreak.com/police-seize-two-perfect-privacy-vp...
It's a breeze to set up [0] and I can know for sure that logging is disabled. Of course, I have to trust the VPS provider not to snoop, but I'm not doing anything that would warrant attention from authorities, I just don't trust this government to have the infosec chops to protect my data.
Honestly, the most annoying part is that I see more CAPTCHAs. This is because it mixes everyone's traffic together, and some of those users are bound to be bad actors.