https://hackingpassion.com/tags/metadata/Recent content in Metadata on HackingPassion.com : root@HackingPassion.com-[~]HugoenMon, 06 Jul 2026 14:26:26 +0200https://hackingpassion.com/why-a-vpn-is-not-privacy/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:26:26 +0200https://hackingpassion.com/why-a-vpn-is-not-privacy/<p>The absolutely useless idea of using a VPN for privacy on the internet. <strong>A VPN becomes a honeypot.</strong> 🧐</p> <p>Yes, you read that right.</p> <p>First, what a VPN does. You install an app. The app builds an encrypted tunnel from your device to a server owned by the VPN company. Your traffic travels through that tunnel, and from the VPN server it continues to the sites you visit. The sites see the address of the VPN server instead of your home address. Your internet provider sees an encrypted stream to one server and nothing more.</p>