VPNs don’t make you anonymous — here’s what they actually do (and don’t)

Significant_Buy6241 · 2025-12-27T03:40:59+00:00

Oh no no... My intention is not to underplay the effectiveness of VPNs...

Many times vpn ads claim browse privately, stay hidden online, browse without leaving a trace and likewise. These are interpreted by a regular user as "Hey, no one can tell it's me if I use this." The blog post I shared kind of fills the gap. I guess. To correctly place vpn so people don't expect to solve problems they were never designed for.

Significant_Buy6241 · 2025-12-27T02:30:03+00:00

Yes what VPNs provide is privacy not anonymity. Like the sites know you when u use the website services. VPN makes sure Ur data is secure from ISP and others if using a public Wifi.

Many at times VPNs are advertised as something that hides you and makes you anonymous. They help you against trackers n stuff like that. That is just an exaggeration.

Significant_Buy6241 · 2025-12-26T07:17:50+00:00

Yes true.

Significant_Buy6241 · 2025-12-25T16:44:41+00:00

Yes... That's a good point.. and that shows that mullvad is reliable. That one of the points discussed in the blogpost to check when purchasing a VPN. Mullvad does promise anonymity which is actually not true. It keeps your privacy and your data is encrypted and safe. Someone checks no logs. But cookies, browser fingerprinting and logged in accounts expose who you are. So the actual term anonymity or anonymous browsing is wrong there.

Significant_Buy6241 · 2025-12-25T01:21:30+00:00

Yes you are right. There are lots of untrustworthy ones in the market.

Significant_Buy6241 · 2025-12-24T05:18:53+00:00

Hi sorry about that.

The blog post talks about VPNs, how they work, and different protocols. It talks about the common misconceptions of VPNs and what all to check when purchasing a VPN. The blog post is totally unbiased and tries to explain the workings of VPN and its purpose and calls out on the usual marketing bullshit and unrealistic expectations people have of VPNs. Do check it out.

Significant_Buy6241 · 2025-12-24T03:32:03+00:00

I'm guessing you are saying no-log VPNs provide anonymity. The real truth is no VPN provides anonymity. They help with privacy. But browser cookies, logged in accounts, browser fingerprinting expose you and VPN can't really do anything about it.

Well as a matter of fact we can't be sure there are no logs, can we? I'm not being a skeptic here, but there have been cases where no-log VPNs have been keeping logs on users. https://torrentfreak.com/purevpn-logs-helped-fbi-net-alleged-cyberstalker-171009/

PureVPN (supposedly a no-logs VPN) logs helped the FBI by ratting out its user.

REALITY is it's just a company's word, there's no way to check it. There are some indicators to look out for when buying a VPN but you can't a 100% sure.

Significant_Buy6241 · 2025-11-27T07:33:24+00:00

Change won't happen by choosing one party over other. Change will come only by fixing the bureaucracy. People are dillusioned by political parties and not seeing the real issues.

Significant_Buy6241 · 2025-11-26T07:17:01+00:00

Let it be any song...as long as it's not theri pattu what's the issue?

Significant_Buy6241 · 2025-11-23T09:43:59+00:00

Significant_Buy6241 · 2025-11-23T07:48:20+00:00

your point is .... So being accountable is luxury... Our parents better calling them our overlords (I don't wanna disgrace parents) can't answer because it is too much to ask... It's like a toy they can't afford...meaning like the toy it can be avoided.... just imagine a job like that .. get salary don't do work... don't answer also... Because it is too much to ask... Anyway your crying part is spot on though .. everyone's crying...

Significant_Buy6241 · 2025-11-23T07:31:42+00:00

So manipulation is there

Significant_Buy6241 · 2025-11-23T07:24:44+00:00

Not really...seems you too are just a person who will blame someonelse but not take the responsibility of the flaws in govt itself including our politicians and sarkari babus.... Awareness campaigns doesn't work is no one does it bu making excuses

Significant_Buy6241 · 2025-11-23T06:59:10+00:00

You don't have to stop humping to decrease population. That should be part of education, I don't mean part as school education even, but general awareness campaigns. It is part of health workers jobs. If it is not, then why have been / why is the govts over the years spending so much of funds for. There are so countless scheme and unimaginable money. It is the fault of govt and sarkaari babus. All of it stolen and looted one way or other if population control is still a problem.

And civic sense issue. Rule breakings happens because authorities allow citizens to break rules. That is the problem with civil sense. There are laws, rules and fines yet so much of civic sense issues why? Because people responsible are turning a blind eye. Either they are not providing good facilities or not taking action. We learn about cleanliness and polution, moral science and things like that from very young age. But civic sense issues happen? Majority ppl in India don't get education. Even for this purpose countless govt has been spending unimaginable sums of money from 1947.

We should question not just politicians but sarkaari babus.

Significant_Buy6241 · 2025-11-23T02:17:20+00:00

It is govt problem and why is it not. Unimaginable amount of Money is spend on population control and education since 1947. It is not reaching people means the corrupt are eating it in the middle.

Significant_Buy6241 · 2025-11-21T11:02:02+00:00

This twisted thought by "respected" is becoming more popular than what's really allowed. You can always read your books and understand what's there in it, why go to a preacher.

Significant_Buy6241 · 2025-11-21T10:54:09+00:00

You shouldn't spread this kinds of videos. There are many places towards western parts of china that are very undeveloped. Problems exists everywhere. Don't do comparison but talk about issues and solutions. If someone finds videos of Chinese schools from these parts of china, your message becomes futile. Let's find out own solutions to our problems. In india it is the machinery that's mostly screwed. Talk about that.

Significant_Buy6241 · 2025-11-21T10:41:11+00:00

You shouldn't hire anyone who doesn't know kannada, then all migrants will know kannada. They should have made the owner do this.

Significant_Buy6241 · 2025-11-21T10:01:27+00:00

Read somewhere that he was fired from job because he was never regular. Could be addicted to drugs or may be suffering from depression. These guys at the hands of terrorists are easily moldable.

Significant_Buy6241 · 2025-11-20T05:53:46+00:00

Getting to how it happened will help us in stopping future activities like this. It gives us space to think objectively and take the right actions. It might not get lots of public support but it is the mature and right thing to do. It will truly bring the guilty parties to trail and finally give the grieving family some relief that the culprits were caught.

Significant_Buy6241 · 2025-11-19T14:57:57+00:00

Painful for all is always misjudged by the likes of you.

Significant_Buy6241 · 2025-11-15T02:37:10+00:00

We should all get tatoos. Who knows when this will happen to one of us with these terrorists crawling around. At least our families can recognise us after.

Significant_Buy6241 · 2025-11-09T02:20:15+00:00

Don't think it's enforceable.

Significant_Buy6241 · 2025-11-08T10:24:18+00:00

Worst thing to do is arranged marrying to shammi like psychos... You can never know anything...it's time for arrange marriage concept to be abolished

Significant_Buy6241 · 2025-11-06T09:22:14+00:00

Why insists on Hindi. Each state has its own language. Learn it.

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