For those who use a VPN - why do you do it? Region-locked content, untrusted networks? They're pitched as a privacy thing, but privacy from who?
But does one need a reason to exercise their right to privacy?
I was merely trying to point out that not everyone has a "reason" other than the fact they want to be private.
- I want to pirate content, which I do infrequently but like to do safely when I do it - I need to access a region-locked system
Otherwise, I just use iCloud Private Relay in Safari since that blocks IP addresses and prevents against my ISP while not causing as many problems for accessing websites.
https://twitter.com/privacylawyer/status/1117884896553263104...
Here in Canada, the usual copyright notices that came with a "pay this amount to settle" through your ISP were rightfully deemed to be almost extortionate scare tactics, and thus illegal. So copyright holders quickly moved to just outright suing people, directly through courts. So VPNs are essential, since you can be much more exposed to legal issues now than when "settlement notices" were the worst case scenario.
Also region lock on legit services.
Torrenting, even here in Sweden had media companies look up IPs in torrent swarms, go to court to get ISP logs = send lawyer letter.