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So, with the recent changes in legislation, there is a lot of concern that may or may not be entirely substantiated, privacy being violated and peoples' information being sold off because of government stupidity and fear-mongering and so forth. So, I've been doing research and trying to find out if paying monthly for a VPN is even worth it to gain some sense of security, but then I see a few potential issues:
- CIA puts people who use VPNs on a "list"
- Steam Client/Valve doesn't like people accessing VPN because of masking their location, and is a bannable offense*
- Not 100% guaranteed safety/security, i.e no VPN is absolutely perfect, some are better than others though
Are my fears of privacy violation overblown? Should I still go with a VPN, and given that I use Steam on a daily basis (mostly to communicate), will they still ban me even if I set the VPN location to the same location I use right now (if that's even feasible)? I just want to make Chrome/Firefox a bit safer, there is a plugin called Ghostering that "supposedly" hides data collection better, https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ghostery/mlomiejdfkolichcflejclcbmpeaniij?hl=en
I don't know how good that is, I just want to hear your guys' feedback, thanks
*only if people access from a place that doesn't allow Steam, to "spoof" locations, but if I don't do that, I don't get banned/flagged?
- CIA puts people who use VPNs on a "list"
- Steam Client/Valve doesn't like people accessing VPN because of masking their location, and is a bannable offense*
- Not 100% guaranteed safety/security, i.e no VPN is absolutely perfect, some are better than others though
Are my fears of privacy violation overblown? Should I still go with a VPN, and given that I use Steam on a daily basis (mostly to communicate), will they still ban me even if I set the VPN location to the same location I use right now (if that's even feasible)? I just want to make Chrome/Firefox a bit safer, there is a plugin called Ghostering that "supposedly" hides data collection better, https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ghostery/mlomiejdfkolichcflejclcbmpeaniij?hl=en
I don't know how good that is, I just want to hear your guys' feedback, thanks
*only if people access from a place that doesn't allow Steam, to "spoof" locations, but if I don't do that, I don't get banned/flagged?
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