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Of course, which is why you shouldn't depend on a single VPN (or just VPNs in general) if you have stuff to hide.

Opsec is an art, and there are no turnkey solutions to ultimate privacy and security. You gotta put in the effort yourself.

It's just a matter of reducing your surface area: I know for certain my government tracks my unencrypted DNS requests, and I have a static IP, so I'd rather turn Mullvad on if I'm feeling like opening an adult site. They might log my DNS, but it's a little harder for them to correlate my requests than if I were to use my home network. Not impossible, but since I am not at odds with the law, GCHQ is probably not spending billions tracking my every movement across networks.

If you need to send nuclear bomb plans to an enemy government, I hope you have a better plan than trusting the promises of any VPN network.



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