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Originally Posted by akwe-xavante
The policing authorities can make a request to the VPN company to find out information about you, with this info they make a second request for information to your ISP. It is the info that they get secondly from your ISP that identifies who you are...... Got You!
A VPN just gives the policing authorities another hoop to jump through to get you.
VPN companies sell the data they collect from users too! So your use of the internet is not private either.
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There are plenty of VPN providers who do not hold any logs. There are even some free providers these days who don't log anything except last connection time, but these are few and far between.
With ever increasing big brother watching everything you spend and every website you visit, a VPN gives you some privacy back if done right. Different levels of privacy from different levels of 'watcher' require more work than just a VPN but at least with a VPN the police officer brother of the girl you are dating isn't able to checkup on every site you visit just to be nosy. If you want to visit amputee bondage sites in the privacy of your own home, why should anyone else have the right to see that you visited such a site? The problem is it's not just the police that can access the 2 years of ISP Internet Connection Records (ICR's), it's organisations like the Food standards agency, The Gambling commission and Welsh ambulance service.....everyone and their dog.
List from the independent:
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...-a7436251.html
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Metropolitan Police Service
City of London Police
Police forces maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996
Police Service of Scotland
Police Service of Northern Ireland
British Transport Police
Ministry of Defence Police
Royal Navy Police
Royal Military Police
Royal Air Force Police
Security Service
Secret Intelligence Service
GCHQ
Ministry of Defence
Department of Health
Home Office
Ministry of Justice
National Crime Agency
HM Revenue & Customs
Department for Transport
Department for Work and Pensions
NHS trusts and foundation trusts in England that provide ambulance services
Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service
Competition and Markets Authority
Criminal Cases Review Commission
Department for Communities in Northern Ireland
Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland
Department of Justice in Northern Ireland
Financial Conduct Authority
Fire and rescue authorities under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004
Food Standards Agency
Food Standards Scotland
Gambling Commission
Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
Health and Safety Executive
Independent Police Complaints Commissioner
Information Commissioner
NHS Business Services Authority
Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Care Trust
Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service Board
Northern Ireland Health and Social Care Regional Business Services Organisation
Office of Communications
Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
Police Investigations and Review Commissioner
Scottish Ambulance Service Board
Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission
Serious Fraud Office
Welsh Ambulance Services National Health Service Trust
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Also a vpn or anonymity can help free speech. People speak more freely if they feel they can do so anonymously or without being chased by litigation happy people.