NONE@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-215 hours agoThe Top 3 Apps in my Country (Venezuela) are all VPNs...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1211arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1208arrow-down1imageThe Top 3 Apps in my Country (Venezuela) are all VPNs...lemmy.worldNONE@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-215 hours agomessage-square37fedilinkfile-text
More than “mildly infuriating”, this is deeply depressing. (And seeing TikTok two times there don’t make things better…)
minus-squareShowroom7561linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·15 hours agoI wonder if people know why they are downloading and using a VPN. Especially when you’re talking about the more sketchy ones.
minus-squareFushuan [he/him]@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·12 hours agoTo avoid region locking. Anything else regarding security is just bogus talk they trying sell you.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 hours agoConsidering that there is a ton of censorship there I think they definitely know why.
minus-squareNONE@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·15 hours agoSuperficially, maybe. But not in depth, like knowing what a VPN actually does and such.
minus-squareShowroom7561linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·14 hours agoI wonder how much of that ‘education’ is from ads and influencers constantly pushing VPNs. LOL
minus-squareNONE@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·14 hours agoWell, you know, no one hears about VPNs in school, so…
I wonder if people know why they are downloading and using a VPN. Especially when you’re talking about the more sketchy ones.
To avoid region locking. Anything else regarding security is just bogus talk they trying sell you.
Considering that there is a ton of censorship there I think they definitely know why.
Superficially, maybe. But not in depth, like knowing what a VPN actually does and such.
I wonder how much of that ‘education’ is from ads and influencers constantly pushing VPNs. LOL
Well, you know, no one hears about VPNs in school, so…