Jerry on PieFed

Just a techie guy running feddit.online to allow people to communicate, make friends and acquaintances. Odd coming from a happy introvert, right? (https://jerry.hear-me.blog/about)

I also own these publicly available applications:
Mastodon: https://hear-me.social/
Alternative Mastodon UI: https://phanpy.hear-me.social/
Peertube: https://my-sunshine.video/
Friendica: https://my-place.social/
Matrix: https://element.secure-channel.net/
XMPP/Jabber: https://between-us.online/
Bluesky PDS: https://blue-ocean.social/ (jerry.blue-ocean.social) Mobilizon (Facebook Events Alt): https://my-group.events/
and more…

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  • You have to trust someone. There’s no way around this. But trusting some app written by some unknown person that has nobody overseeing it is probably the worst place to put your trust.

    So, decide. You either trust some unknown app developer, your ISP, or a VPN provider. You must choose one. Which one do you choose? Choosing none means you are off the Internet.

    I have more trust in Proton VPN, Mullvad VPN, Mozilla VPN, and some other reputable VPN providers than I do in my ISP, some cheap VPN run by unknown people, or some app making crazy claims. I strongly doubt that a reputable VPN provider is doing any tracking of user traffic. But I bet MockTraffic is telling someone all the websites you’re visiting.

    I think if you are worried about your traffic being tracked, you are safest with a reputable VPN provider.