If you need to trust the provider, you&#x27;re probably hosed already. (Depending,of course, on who your adversary is. Random untrustworthy VPN services are probably OK if you&#x27;re just trying to protect against corporate network snooping or WiFi Pineapples at Starbucks. I&#x27;d be a little less sure about whether they&#x27;d protect you against a determined MPAA rights holder lawyer. If your adversary is a nation state, you need better advice about opsec than you&#x27;ll get from a random like me on a website...)