Do you use a VPN?

[malistix1985]

vivster said:

malistix1985 said:

History really shows us VPN's do work. When Germany was hit by letters of copyright claims with people having to dich out hundreds of euro's people who where behind a VPN where not getting those letters.

I am not trying to oversell the benefits especially not for people who use the internet in a regular way but these people are mostly talking about downloading copyrighted content and when you do it the companies who get their information on downloaders generally will go after the easiest targets and try to scare the rest of. Thats just something you can see from countries where downloaders have been punished in the current/past.

So VPN works sometimes when protecting criminals.... hooray? Doesn't really explain how YOU or the general internet user benefits from it.

Its very simple, people know what they do online and on their computer and if you are doing things you want to hide you need to hide it. Personally I have many reasons but when people where discussing downloading illigally its just a no brainer for me personally that if you do that a VPN has proven to be a good investment to people in the past.

But like I mentioned before some really cool benefits right here:

You can set your region using VPN getting cheaper offers online for CD-Keys (PC/STEAM).
You can more easely set up games with friends by selecting a VPN in their country
You can unlocked content that is blocked in your country
You can download and share content more safely

and yes also if You want to protect your online data from government surveillance, ISPs, hackers, snoops, and spies.

I am not trying to sell people on VPN but I have always apriciated the service myself and I was wondering who else thinks so. Obviously if you are an average joe and just play games and don't use the computer much, it might not be worth it for everyone