Can anyone prove to me that VPNs are not bottlenecks so the NSA knows exactly who wants to hide their IP?,(reply>), Technology is compromised at ring -1 hardware level nothing will protect you from the NSA or anyone with backdoor access<br>It works well for everything else as long as you understand how to use it properly,(reply>), @IceCream Brainz There is a VPN ad on almost every video I watch now.<br><br>Paying influencers cannot be cheap.<br><br>I feel like something is awry when there is heavy funding toward mass acceptance.<br><br>Call me paranoid.<br><br>Could be legal loopholes for intelligence to do whatever they like with your data when fed through a VPN.<br><br>Just questions. I'm a comedian.,(reply>), @IceCream Brainz Personally, I use both TOR and a VPN. Not because I have anything to hide, but because it protects me from data harvesters and ISPs even better than just using one.,(reply>), Occam's razor. IP address is worthless to the NSA. They can get much better information on you if they really want it/need it. Tracking IP addresses on an individual basis would be a huge waste of resources &amp; anyone who is doing something that they want to hide from the NSA/FBI etc. will be using TOR and/or bulletproof hosting servers in countries like Russia that the NSA does not have access to, not VPNs. VPNs protect you (not 100%) from data harvesting companies and/or your ISPs collecting information on your browsing habits + throttling your bandwidth based on what content you are consuming etc.