• @Forester
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    -132 months ago

    The only effective antivirus program known to man is called a backup

    • qaz
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      62 months ago

      How is this related to a VPN? Antivirus does nothing against a MITM attack.

      • @Forester
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        -82 months ago

        Woosh

        I’m saying that no system is secure on a long enough timeframe . But that if you do get infected you can nuke and pave if you have a backup. Most of these VPN advertisers treat their product VPN like a magic shield / antivirus when it is In fact, nothing more than a fancy condom.

        • babybus
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          2 months ago

          VPN is not an anti-virus program. Also, you can’t really backup your online accounts and restore them in case they are hacked.

          • @Forester
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            2 months ago

            I am fully aware it’s not an antivirus program which is why I’m mocking people who pretend that they are. Just being on a virtual private Network does not protect you from man in the middle attacks. Sure it hardens your device against Wi-Fi eavesdropping. But you are still vulnerable to DNS spoofing session hijacking cache poisoning and SSL stripping. Aka a VPN won’t protect you from man in the middle attacks once you’ve entered a site app or network under someone else’s control.

            My day job is in web hosting.