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Originally Posted by midgetwaiter
Nobody has ever been able to explain to me why you should use a VPN at home for regular internet use, it doesn’t make any sense for Canadian consumers. There’s a lot of hand waving but very little tangible benefit.
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There are no "legal" reasons to do so for the private individual.
There are innocuous reasons, like my wife wanting to access US Netflix to see shows not available on Netflix Canada (note: still not legal). Didn't work out too well for her, about two months after signing up, Netflix blocked her VPN provider. So she swapped to another VPN provider and they were blocked within a week........LOL.
The other reasons are all illegal, immoral, or both. They range from wanting to download illegal copies of music and movies to child pornography.
For the most part, it's about hiding what you do on the internet.
If you have nothing to hide, it's a waste of your time and money.
VPN's were originally created as a way to safely and securely connect to remote locations over the internet. Data is encrypted at both ends and can be safely sent over an open network like the internet.
If you want to connect safely to your home network from outside then all you need to do is google about using the program
Putty to create a secure connection to your home LAN. It's pretty simple and it's effective. You'll want to research creating a secure ssh tunnel. Done correctly, you connect with Putty to your home LAN, establish the tunnel, then RDP into your Windows box at home using the Windows based computer you've used to create the secure tunnel.