> It's for protection from ISPs.
Insofar as there are shitty ISPs that sell your data, yes. Most ISPs don't though. Also: I trust a VPN based in Gibraltar more than an ISP which is known to sell your data.
Insofar as there are shitty ISPs that sell your data, yes. Most ISPs don't though. Also: I trust a VPN based in Gibraltar more than an ISP which is known to sell your data.
You sure? ISPs can, and do, this fairly readily. They wiggle on what “your data is” (“CPNI”) but browsing history via DNS queries is not uncommon (and cheap, to boot).
Go read Spectrum’s policy and how they wiggle around it as just one example: https://www.spectrum.com/policies/your-privacy-rights-opt-ou...