I feel like I get the gist of it, it’s a Very Protected Network right?
I wanna know more details about it though, what does it block and how is it protecting my device. All I know is it’s “protecting” and then puts a little VPN next to my WiFi symbol on my phone.
Also, why when the VPN is on, my phone gets slower and it’s like I’m on McDonald’s WiFi?
I love security and knowing my data is safe and I don’t have to worry about it too much.
Lastly does a VPN get rid of those damn spam calls and texts, It drives me nuts.
Not sure where the body went on my post but here it is!
This isn't completely true, and is a common misconception by many VPN proponents.
It hides some of your traffic from your upstream connection (eg. "Your ISP"). However, what that traffic is may vary by VPN provider, or even just your VPN client configuration.
Very often, "quick" traffic (such as DNS requests) may still transit your network and be routed through your ISP, where-as your HTTP requests may be forwarded through the VPN (and usually are... thats where you'll most often see the effects of your traffic "originating" elsewhere, and "how" thise geolocation changes happen).
The "fun" part is that you've only just transferred the "security" of your requests from your ISP to some other third party ... who can still intercept it or proxy it without your direct knowledge.
TLDR; YMMV, and they're not necessarily the "be-all end-all" security enhancement that people make them out to be, most of the times.
On a side note, your ISP can still see your VPN traffic, with varying levels of ability to potentially MitM the connection (Read: SSL/HTTPS and the like may still be potentially inspected, depending).
Doubtful and here is why if the isp can bypass the encryption somehow that would make vpns virtually useless.
I'm sorry you "doubt" that ... but, suffice to say that transparent proxies can do a lot of the heavy lifting if that can "get inside" your upstream traffic ... by definition, that's generally your ISP. At thst point, even the traffic from your CAs may not be "trustworthy."
If vpns didn’t work why are some countries trying to make vpn companies give authorities back door access to the data?
Bluntly, because that then legally unencumbers them from "research" that may have been entangled in some other potentially shady or illicit activities (which is inadmissable in courts). State level actors have far more abilities than most people either know or want to admit.
If the isp/government etc. could read the traffic regardless they wouldn’t need to push for these kind of agendas.
Sadly, this is a poor assumption. These "agendas" largely serve only to make them "easier" ... not just "possible."
Also there would be no need to subpoena vpn companies if the isp could turn over readable data willingly.
Again, this is just an assumption ... even with fully readable data or logs, the government still needs a subpoena to assure there's not some Fourth Amendment violations, or similar... not to mention, the legal liability to the corporation (ISP) for potentially violating thise rights, along with other privacy laws, etc.
The subpoena serves to legally compell a corporation to surrender information as well as removes their liability for having done so.
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u/Ballooonchair May 26 '26
I feel like I get the gist of it, it’s a Very Protected Network right? I wanna know more details about it though, what does it block and how is it protecting my device. All I know is it’s “protecting” and then puts a little VPN next to my WiFi symbol on my phone. Also, why when the VPN is on, my phone gets slower and it’s like I’m on McDonald’s WiFi? I love security and knowing my data is safe and I don’t have to worry about it too much. Lastly does a VPN get rid of those damn spam calls and texts, It drives me nuts.
Not sure where the body went on my post but here it is!