Trusting a VPN provider is an entirely different thing than trusting AWS et al though.
VPN providers are far more likely than AWS to do the kind of shady things that might matter to your relatives, like selling their personal data.
VPN providers are far more likely than AWS to do the kind of shady things that might matter to your relatives, like selling their personal data.
How do you know that AWS isn't spying on your systems? Are they transparent? Do AWS release detailed transparency reports on their servers? You are identified when you pay for AWS no?
I'd rather trust a specialist privacy VPN provider like Mullvad, than me rolling my own VPN on a provider that isn't even transparent and that is hard to use for consumers other than myself.
my 2c.
It's meaningless. VPN providers come in the same full spectrum of integrity as people or companies.
At some point you can’t, you can only make a best judgement based on what they’re telling you and what you’ve found elsewhere.