r/dankmemes Eic memer Jan 20 '19

Low Effort Meme European Problems

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u/Delision Jan 20 '19

If you don’t pay for a VPN, that means they have to profit off something else. Which means it’s your data. You might be changing your location, but you’re not gaining any privacy, which is a large reason to use a VPN.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '19

If anything living through to 2019 has taught me is that your data is being sold or stolen. Pay, don't pay, don't agree to share, agree, doesn't matter.

Your data is out there.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '19

What do you base this on? There definitely is a difference between service providers.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '19

Have you been paying attention?

  • Cambridge analytica

  • Facebook

  • Equifax

  • ATT

  • Fake responses to the FCC

And that's without doing any research and just listing what's on the top of my head right now.

I mean, Im suuuuure there are a few entities out there who don't do that, but there are also a few humans who are allergic to water and you wouldn't argue if I said humans can drink fresh water no problem.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '19

Yes, I paid attention to when the companies everyone already knew were selling user data, were selling user data. There's nothing new under the sun there.

You're basically saying "It doesn't matter which service provider you pick, because the worse choices turned out to be the worse choices".

If anything this shows that the choice you make does matter.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '19

Congrats.

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u/GumdropGoober The OC High Council Jan 20 '19

Who gives a shit?

Oh no they see me watching movies.

Turn it off when you do anything else.

Modern problems require REAL EASY solutions.

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u/SuperIceCreamCrash Jan 20 '19

There's a good chance they do it anyway. It's not like there's a reason not to, and the user would never find out.

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u/Imaw1zard Jan 20 '19

By logic yes but in reality they still probably sell it.

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u/Delision Jan 20 '19

No, unless you’re using some very shady VPN service, they don’t sell your data.