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<blockquote data-quote="Cr00zng" data-source="post: 1752867" data-attributes="member: 318059">That was not my intent, sorry, but there's more...<img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Evil.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":Evil:" title="Evil&nbsp; &nbsp; :Evil:" data-shortname=":Evil:" />Yes, there are VPN services for a fee that promise what you need to hear. In my view, the free one is just as good, but each of its own...Apple, Google, Microsoft, etc., have their &quot;Privacy Policies&quot;, but it doesn't mean much, it never did. Nowadays, the OS and apps all have built-in &quot;call home features&quot; that can negate the need to intercept your VPN connection in traffic. The OS built-in &quot;telemetry&quot; runs with system level access and some of the apps, especially security apps like antivirus, do as well. For these &quot;features&quot; the plain-text is available prior to being encrypted by SSL/VPN, etc., and sent over the network...About the market share...Market share also suggest &quot;mind share&quot;... If &quot;99 out of 100 people are using something&quot;, you bet your dupa that hackers will target that &quot;something&quot; the most.;DI have four browsers on my system and each has a purpose. TOR is for general browsing the web, while Opera is more for forums and such since some forums block TOR access. The standard Firefox/IE/Safari browsers depending on the platform, are used for business related SSL connections. In all cases, DNSCrypt for address lookup...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cr00zng, post: 1752867, member: 318059"] That was not my intent, sorry, but there's more...:Evil: Yes, there are VPN services for a fee that promise what you need to hear. In my view, the free one is just as good, but each of its own... Apple, Google, Microsoft, etc., have their "Privacy Policies", but it doesn't mean much, it never did. Nowadays, the OS and apps all have built-in "call home features" that can negate the need to intercept your VPN connection in traffic. The OS built-in "telemetry" runs with system level access and some of the apps, especially security apps like antivirus, do as well. For these "features" the plain-text is available prior to being encrypted by SSL/VPN, etc., and sent over the network... About the market share... Market share also suggest "mind share"... If "99 out of 100 people are using something", you bet your dupa that hackers will target that "something" the most.;D I have four browsers on my system and each has a purpose. TOR is for general browsing the web, while Opera is more for forums and such since some forums block TOR access. The standard Firefox/IE/Safari browsers depending on the platform, are used for business related SSL connections. In all cases, DNSCrypt for address lookup... [/QUOTE]

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