[dba-Tech] Google One VPN

[Rocky Smolin]

So who DO you trust? Or to put it another way, who do YOU trust?

On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 7:05 PM John Bartow <jbartow at winhaven.net> wrote:

> Lol, beat me to it.
>
> Most free VPN services are just another method of excluding competitors
> from tracking you so they can get it all themselves. As long as you don't
> login to any sites you will be exclusive property of Google. Once you login
> they will start tracking you too. My favorite irony is when someone uses a
> Privacy VPN and login to Facebook.
>
> Enjoy!
> John B
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-Tech <dba-tech-bounces+jbartow=winhaven.net at databaseadvisors.com>
> On Behalf Of John Colby
> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2023 4:23 PM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues <
> dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Google One VPN
>
>  (except for Google - gotta trust them I suppose).
>
> LOL,silly boy.
>
> On Sun, Apr 23, 2023 at 11:00 PM Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin2 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I;ve been running it for a couple of days now - I can't tell any
> > difference when it's on from what I've experienced until I turned it on.
> > I'm using Edge as a browser. I'll let you know if I encounter any
> hiccups.
> >
> > I did look to https://whatismyipaddress.com/ and compared both the IP
> > IUPv4
> > and the IPv6 with the VPN on and off.  They were different.  So I
> > guess my browsong is hidden from the world (except for Google - gotta
> > trust them I suppose).
> >
> > r
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 23, 2023 at 8:43 AM Susan Harkins <ssharkins at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Avast hates a few sites that I visit -- slows way down but I think
> > > it's because I'm block ads and they have lots of ads. If it gets too
> > > bad, I
> > just
> > > turn it off. There are sites that won't let me in using the Avast
> > browser.
> > >
> > > Avast lets you turn it off an on by clicking a button.
> > >
> > > I've read some bad reports on Avast, but so far, I've no complaints.
> > > I
> > use
> > > very few of the free features.
> > >
> > > Susan H.
> > >
> > >
> > > OK.  One of the reasons I asked how I would know if it's running is
> > > that from what I know about VPNs it's transparent.  Also, if there's
> > > a lag in response or a page loading, how would you know if it's due
> > > to traffic through the VPN server and not just a normal lag due to
> > > heavy traffic or
> > a
> > > slow response from the target server?
> > >
> > >
> > >
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