cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/59613920
Mullvad also pointed to other instances of alleged attempts to “escalate censorship and mass surveillance” in the UK, citing efforts to force Apple to install backdoors in its end-to-end encrypted cloud service, proposals that could introduce “client-side scanning and government spyware on all UK phones”, and government plans to fast-track legislation requiring identity verification for VPN use.
Instead of your ISP seeing every site you go to, a different company sees every site you go to.
VPNs have their uses, but avoiding surveillance is not one of those uses.
I guess if you don’t see any difference between a government supported telecom company and a company that exists in different nation that has a necessarily hostile relationship to the local government, then sure they are comparable.