VPN – Very Precarious Narrative
&gt; <i>If you are using your device on a public network, VPNs can help you protect your data. I have a ProtonVPN subscription myself, just for those instances where I am sitting in an airport waiting for my plane</i><p>Seems like a contradictory message. He just got through telling us how most of the web is now end-to-end encrypted with HTTPS. So why does he need a VPN at the airport? Is he checking his email? I can&#x27;t imagine that he&#x27;s using an email service that doesn&#x27;t use HTTPS. Is he logging into his bank account? I doubt any bank nowadays still uses plain old unencrypted HTTP. Is he watching cat videos on YouTube? Well, even that&#x27;s encrypted.<p>Remember, his argument is that VPNs don&#x27;t provide privacy--so that&#x27;s not the reason. And this is the section where he&#x27;s talking about public networks, not about other rationales for VPNs like geolocking or ISP blocking. It weakens the argument of his essay to say that he needs a VPN at the airport or cafe.