I looked into VPN sponsors...

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July 2025 Update: If you live in a place with age-verification laws (say, the UK), you should heavily consider using a VPN for everything. Don't let them scan your face and ID, that's just a hot bed for sensitive data to be breached. It only takes one person to make a mistake at these companies for that data to be breached. Avoid the risk and get a VPN. Don't comply with this nonsense. ▬▬ Support the Channel ▬▬ Join for just $1/month for early access to videos, a supporter only Discord, and more! https://www.patreon.com/RejectConvenience https://ko-fi.com/rejectconvenience Support the channel by buying stickers! https://rejectconvenience.printful.me/ ▬▬ Update ▬▬ Corrections are in the pinned comment, I was wrong about a few things 😬 my research process wasn't refined when I made this video, so please forgive me with those items. I still very much stand with the overall message that most people do not need VPNs. Like I said, if you use Instagram regularly, or you have a cloud security camera, you have privacy problems that a VPN could not solve. My video explaining data and data breaches: https://youtu.be/ek7awOTm5vk ▬▬ References & Resources ▬▬ Reject Convenience Forum: https://rejectconvenience.com/forum/ Fun article about VPN app vulnerability: https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/05/novel-attack-against-virtually-all-vpn-apps-neuters-their-entire-purpose/ Linus Tech Tips on TunnelBear sponsorship break: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNG4-9BqUIQ NordVPN and Surfshark are the same company: https://www.zdnet.com/article/meet-nordsec-the-company-behind-nordvpn-wants-to-be-your-one-stop-privacy-suite ExpressVPN sold in 2021: https://www.zdnet.com/article/expressvpn-sells-to-kape-technologies-for-936-million How your ISP can deduce if you’re a pirate: https://www.makeuseof.com/isp-files-torrenting Facebook VPN that tracks everything, then proceeds to pay people to use it, including children as young as 13 years old (I wish this was fake): https://www.techradar.com/news/facebook-paid-users-to-install-a-vpn-that-spies-on-them Mental Outlaw on Facebook's VPN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkLvpxImRGw SomeOrdinaryGamers on Facebook's VPN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXH9FK2L2pY TunnelBear Privacy Policy: https://www.tunnelbear.com/privacy-policy NordVPN Privacy Policy: https://my.nordaccount.com/legal/privacy-policy Surfshark Privacy Policy: https://surfshark.com/privacy McAfee also has a VPN: https://www.mcafee.com/en-us/vpn.html McAfee Privacy Policy privacy policy (they sell your data according to the CCPA): https://www.mcafee.com/en-us/consumer-support/policy/legal.html Proton VPN Privacy Policy: https://protonvpn.com/privacy-policy Tom Scott on VPN Ads: https://youtube.com/watch?v=WVDQEoe6ZWY VPNs are worth $45 billion in 2022: https://www.gminsights.com/industry-analysis/virtual-private-network-vpn-market On the NordVPN breach in 2018: https://www.techradar.com/news/whats-the-truth-about-the-nordvpn-breach-heres-what-we-now-know ▬▬ Timestamps ▬▬ 00:00 Intro 01:14 Part 1: How the Internet works 03:46 Part 2: How VPNs work 06:56 Part 3: Can you trust a VPN? 12:01 Part 4: Why the big push? 15:43 Part 5: Conclusion #vpn #youtubers #rejectconvenience Donate to the channel, but only if you want. Please read the about section before doing so! https://www.patreon.com/RejectConvenience