If privacy is of concern a US jurisdiction is not ok. No five-eyes stuff.
That’s the right questions to ask.
So basically what we get is security by obscurity. Obscure yourself enough for the size of target that you are, and there’s that.
One more thing - about self hosted VPN servers. You can rent a VPS somewhere (Virtual Private Server, a virtual machine on some server in a datacenter), and host your own proxy or VPN there. The downside of this approach is that you won’t be able to blend with other people, it will be a distinct IP address that once connected to you will stay that way.
On the other hand it’s a drop in the ocean, unless someone specifically looking for you - they wont get any data about you, it’s a much much smaller target for hackers or governments compared to a known VPN provider.
Ok, explain the difference, please?
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