Timeline for HTTPS vs VPN - which is more secure
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| Nov 25, 2020 at 5:44 | comment | added | Loren Pechtel | Related to Ismael Miguel's point about region locked content, VPNs can also be used to circumvent blocks. Knowledgeable travelers to China generally set up a VPN before going because the Great Firewall blocks an awful lot of useful stuff. | |
| Nov 24, 2020 at 15:46 | comment | added | Brian | I'll note that https also protects against MITM attacks, including rogue wifi hotspots. Of course, there are a ton of caveats. | |
| Nov 24, 2020 at 14:13 | comment | added | Ismael Miguel | @TooTea You're right. According to the European Commission's Data Protection (ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/reform/…), the Public IP address is "personal data" (as refered in the document). A VPN will hide that, so, yes, it falls under the "protect your anonymity" part. | |
| Nov 24, 2020 at 12:52 | comment | added | Qsigma | Another use of a non-end-to-end VPN such as NordVPN is to improve defences against local MITM attacks such as DNS poisoning, DNS typo squatting, misleading host certificates and rogue WifFi hotspots. | |
| Nov 24, 2020 at 12:45 | comment | added | TooTea | @IsmaelMiguel I would argue it still does fall in that category, because it's still about making sure your private data doesn't leak. In this case, the affected private information is the country you're in and you're trying to hide it from the website. | |
| Nov 24, 2020 at 11:12 | comment | added | Ismael Miguel | Another usage for a VPN is to access region-locked content, like BBC UK in another country, or a Youtube video you can't watch in some country or something similar. I believe it doesn't fall in the "protect your anonymity" part. | |
| Nov 24, 2020 at 9:27 | vote | accept | MrJoe | ||
| Nov 24, 2020 at 1:58 | history | answered | Mike Ounsworth | CC BY-SA 4.0 |