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[deleted] In fact, if a vpn is prosecuted for refusing to comply, the price of your subscription won't even pay for the lawyer's coffee... As the old saying goes.
You've taken this quote from joepie91's article, which is quite good but also a bit exaggerated and where he proposes an alternative that's no better, that of the VPS with its own VPN since you get a unique IP address and your VPS provider can do the same thing as your VPN provider.
The main problem with VPNs is that they're potentially honeypots because all your data passes through their servers and they can technically do whatever they want with it, so you get a centralized connection rather than a decentralized one. This doesn't mean that all providers are malicious, and your ISP probably has more interest in tracking you than your VPN provider, in fact, you trust the developers not to do anything malicious with your data as soon as you use tools that require the use of a network, and this goes for any operating system, tools, applications, software, audits have their own problems because it's always a question of examining the "T" moment, which is why system transparency is important.
[deleted] The only reason to have a vpn is if you're connecting to a free wifi network
If you only browse in HTTPS, it's still pretty good.
[deleted] they are legally obliged to keep it
No, depends of the provider, all VPNs doesn't legally obliged to keep logs, they are not considered as electronic communications networks / services in all countries.
[deleted] An ISP like Orange or Bouygues also encrypts data, so it's no longer readable
You talk about French ISPs, I live in France and our ISPs don't respect our GDPR laws and most of them have already received several fines, I know a bit about the field, the CNIL that allows you to complain has very little use in the real world. You go on to say that Bouyges and Orange encrypt your data, but exactly what data do they encrypt? You can't confirm this, and neither can I. There's nothing clear or transparent about what ISPs do most of the time, careful I'm not saying this is proof of malicious activity with our data.
[deleted] It was in a TV report. I'll send it to you in a few hours
It's not a reliable source.