When is a VPN not a VPN?

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Be wary of apps that claim to be VPNs but are really anything but

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[ioo]

Oh my, what a bunch of bull poo.

Comparing VPN with VLAN... jeez... does the author has a slightest idea the term "virtual LAN" is already taken and means a very precise technology having nothing to do with encryption (obviously she doesn't, otherwise she wouldn't have written what she has written)

"your data is exposed to the proxy, unlike with a VPN where it's kept completely hidden"... Lol, really? VPN is a tunnel. As every tunnel it does have 2 ends and guess what... even if it's completely dark inside the tunnel, if you stand at the other end of it you will see very clearly who and what goes in and out.