Why should you trust *your* VPN???

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4. Virtual Private Servers

I do manage a VPS machine for my own use ... as backup for the email server that I run and as a remote "place to stand" when I'm poking at the Internet. But yeah, I wouldn't trust them more than necessary!

I can't think of a reason to trust any VPN service. There is just too much useful information flowing through them to assume that they are secure and are going to remain secure.

The end of the article has some good advice:

The Register suggests savvy readers wishing to encapsulate at least part of their traffic may want to roll their own VPNs using Trail of Bits' Algo, Google's Outline, or WireGuard, all of which are open source.

Or use a VPN provider, and build into your threat model the fact it can see everything your ISP would otherwise be able to see.