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How will a VPN aid in privacy? What will a VPN not do for privacy? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 days ago by west2seven@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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As the title says. Im trying to migrate towards privacy based choices all around. A VPN has been tough, I cant access some websites and i dont think i could convince my wife to adopt using it. I still use it anyway.

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[–] voxel@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A VPN does not strictly hide your location. There is a lot of information that is shared with the websites you visit, e.g. your preferred language, timezone, etc.

A VPN can only change the IP-Address which also reveals information about your approximate location. In my case it is often times a city in another state, not very accurate.

[–] megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago

I know, I’m just trying to speak in generalities for the sake of clarity.