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Why should ordinary users do something that provides no meaningful benefit and makes their experience substantially worse?



Anyone who search for medical information online should always use a VPN and a browser that cleans itself before and afterward. Health status is one of the most valuable user data available to data brokers and is heavily collected and sought after.

I also use tor in my work in order to get a third-party perspective on a website, or when inspecting suspicious links.




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