iPhone VPN?

[GrizzlyParticipant 42]

Does anyone regularly use a VPN for their iPhone? I use my phone for everything and am trying to get up to date on privacy. I have already followed some advice on privacy after searching the forums but couldn’t really find any info specifically related to using an iPhone.

[Anonymous 24]

I don’t but while you are raising a VPN question that I am sure will be answered, I got a question as well.

I have been thinking about using a VPN service and changing my email. I have not done anything as I have nothing to hide, and just figure if they want info on me, they will get it. My question is, how do you know a VPN provider is not a government/NSA operation in itself?

[Anonymous 4]

If you want better privacy protection, enhanced security from hackers, identity thieves and malware, and speed, then a VPN service is a good option. You can look at here https://www.bestvpnrating.com/vpnrating/best-vpns-iphone . I am using VyprVPN, for instance. It’s paid but not so expensive. Free ones are not reliable.

[SolidParticipant 7520]

Anonymous wrote:

I don’t but while you are raising a VPN question that I am sure will be answered, I got a question as well.
I have been thinking about using a VPN service and changing my email. I have not done anything as I have nothing to hide, and just figure if they want info on me, they will get it. My question is, how do you know a VPN provider is not a government/NSA operation in itself?

Recently some flaws on cisco routers were exposed, those flaws apparently were used by a hacker ground under NSA command.
In other words, cisco routers and VPN were vulnerable to this flaw. NSA also have a huge background hiding flaws into cryptosystems and computer software/hardware, so trust anything nowadays is something hard.

If the system isn’t NSA friendly, if they can’t hack into the VPN system (or yours) they easily can have access to it by a court order in no time, and just have all access they need. There is also a great probability that you already been infected by some sort of backdoor.

NSA is famous to spy on great corporations, but if you were just a normal citizen, you have nothing to worry. I protect all my data, but I’m aware that NSA can spy on me easily, but my true concern is just my “competitors”. I know that if someday someone come to my house with a court order, I will do my best to cooperate with them, decrypt my data and show what I have, but if someone break into my house and stole my disks, they are just getting encrypted data, just that.

Using TOR or some VPN providers (yes, they can detect vpn traffic) will raise a red flag, and they will get suspicious about your activities, so if you have nothing to hide, avoid raising a red flag.

Also, some VPN providers, as well TOR endpoints can sniff your traffic (and get some passwords that goes without encryption), so you still trusting a third party about your data. They also can try to inject some exploit (piece of software that triggers a flaw, where maybe is possible to execute their programs/code into your pc) in your traffic to get access to your computer.

If you are a true paranoid, there isn’t much you can do.

[Anonymous 3]

Anonymous wrote:

I don’t but while you are raising a VPN question that I am sure will be answered, I got a question as well.

I have been thinking about using a VPN service and changing my email. I have not done anything as I have nothing to hide, and just figure if they want info on me, they will get it. My question is, how do you know a VPN provider is not a government/NSA operation in itself?

Normally if they’re outside the U.S./U.K./U.N., and they explicitly state in their privacy section that they don’t keep logs, it’s more safe than a provider that gives you VPN access for free, especially if they’re within the U.S.

https://www.privacytools.io/

These guys explain things a lot better, good luck.

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