So first I watched this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37nfG8m0Xz And experienced the requisite outrage at how ISPs mess with your connection and such.
Then I watched this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx3LRfE-XiI And learned how a VPN can improve your connection at home and secure your connection in public wifi.. Now I'm considering this: https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/ Up to now, I've always just run an SSH tunnel to my machine at home in order to be able to browse securely. Lately though, that connection has been pretty crappy. I'm not sure if my machine, my router, or my ISP is to blame. But between the increase in security, the potential increase in performance, and the fact that it would only cost $40/year to have someone else manage something like this for me even if I only use it when my home system is down for some reason, I'm tempted. Here's my question, how do you evaluate the security of buying a VPN service from someone else? My emotional reaction to using a service like this is that they could be snooping on all my traffic, but not using a VPN this risk certainly exists with my ISP snooping on all my traffic. How do you determine who is less untrustworthy? Does anyone here use a service like this?
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