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One of the most common questions we receive about our groups and which is often very difficult to answer is: but do I need a VPN? It is not a question that is easy to answer because the reasons why a person may need a VPN are varied but its functioning is often misunderstood and it is also used by people who are actually looking for something completely different.
For this reason, this site that we recently discovered seemed very interesting to us. Is called Do I need a VPN? and thanks to a series of rather precise questions tries to answer the initial question well.
The site was created by the company IVPN which we have already known because it is one of the few providers that we suggest using in case you need a VPN. Despite this, however, the site we suggest is important and does not advertise its VPN in any way nor are there any referrals or affiliations within it. The site mainly tries to answer only the question: do I need a VPN?
Do I need a VPN?
The first question you will be asked is important and draws a clear line between continuing the test or not: are you journalists, are you part of a minority or do you think you could be a target of some state? In this case it is indeed fundamental understand exactly what you are doing relying on associations like the EFF without leaving anything to chance. This is because it is very likely that, among other things, you need to use Tor instead of a simple commercial VPN, for example.
In case you answer instead no you will be asked further questions (which you can basically see summarized here). The questions are very simple and are based on understanding what you are trying to do. Some examples of answers are: I am trying to prevent my ISP (the provider with which you connect to the internet) from knowing my activity, protect myself from site profiling or I am trying to hide/falsify my geographical position.
Based on your needs, for each of your statements you will be told whether a VPN is necessary for you or not, obviously leaving the final choice up to you.
We're pretty sure many of you will be surprised by some of the answers!
Link to the site
We leave you the link below to try the site which, unfortunately, is only in English but thanks to Firefox or Brave you shouldn't have too many problems translating it into Italian if English isn't your strong point.
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