cooloutac
Very Senior Member
VPN has it's use cases and limits. I'm glad you don't see that they ensure online anonymity anymore, 'cause they don't. There are tons of ways to track a user online despite IP address or encryption. However, the parts that it's advised on public Wi-Fi and it adds an extra layer of privacy IMHO are true. If you have a no-logs service provider then rerouting your traffic from your ISp server to no-logs server is pretty useful. Additional encryption on public Wi-Fi as well. But IMHO majority use it to bypass geo blocks and for streaming and so on, because it's really comfy to bypass those using a VPN. You can use it for smart TVs also if you set up on a router just check the ip address per instructions to see if you really got the one you need and you're good to go.
I don't believe this is the reason most people use it. I think most people use it for public wifi. My whole thing is we should be treating our home networks like public wifi's. Especially when its predicted the avg household will have 50 iot devices in the future and manufacturers still treat security as an afterthought.