I'd like to thank all the team at ██████ VPN for ████████████. (The opening speech isn't about a real person, by the way; it was just the worst possible segue I could think of.)
It's true. I don't have a VPN, and I'm constantly being attacked by bears. Actually it's only one bear all the time. Actually, I think it might be a dog. Actually, I think she's just trying to lick me.
Let me try and understand something. If everything is already encrypted and we're not really needing a VPN, why worry about a VPN seeing what the ISP was seeing? The ISP needs to keep the logs in many country's for 5 years, so no logs means no 5 year history. I'm not a GPA but do value my privacy. Besides, I don't know what I'm searching today that might become illegal within 5 years.
@@dorleysflir5350You can't commit a crime that doesen't exist yet. also I would love to know what you're searching that you're worried about it being illegal
Calling AES “military grade encryption” is like calling oxygen “military grade air.” It’s not totally wrong, it’s just that everyone is breathing that same air
@@obi-wankenobi5411 the thing is anyone watching this video and advert just heard all the things the ad is saying, so by just admitting it in the video makes you look more genuine, honest and down to earth. Probably not a good idea to run that ad to mass audiences, but to people who already know the truth, it works.
Lots of people saying that this video aged poorly because Tom now is sponsored by a VPN company, but did it really age poorly? In this old video, Tom is clearing up some of the "false" claims that VPN companies make and talks about how he dislikes ads that lie or mislead - he himself did not use any of these claims in his new video where he is sponsored by a VPN company. In the new video, he literally says that he is using a VPN because he is traveling a lot and away from home, which automatically makes websites show up in dutch, and prices in Euros. He also said that he could not access a UK government site without the VPN. I don't think this aged poorly. I think he is sticking to his principles and did an honest VPN advert.
I actually feel that VPN advertising changed after this video. It went from making bogus claims about VPN to advertising what they have over other companies
exactly. hes just pointing out that vpns have very little advantage in security and the advertisers are usually only highlighting the security side because the real reason people use vpns is in a legal and sometimes moral grey area
@@xEqualsRandom "Oh no! They have Quantum Molecular Shielding! We have to get our scientists to produce Dark Matter Nano Tech Blasters if we are to have a chance at defeating them."
Unless a CEO is friends with someone high up in the pentagon or white house. Then military grade for that project is "as much as their corrupt pals can get away with charging us regardless of quality."
I think one inclusion that's worth mentioning is that a VPN might hide your identity and stop tracking etc but the second you login to a website like Google, facebook, then all of that goes out the window. Too many people think a VPN gives them privacy and then stroll around the Internet logged in to their google account, linked to their facebook account, linked to their steam account....
@@RandomNameLastName811 I don't think they're even paying him anymore and he's just doing the "ads" as a part of his videos. I mean, do you really think NordVPN watches them and goes "yep, this is good advertisement for us"? I don't.
@@RandomNameLastName811 ah yes, because we all go to internet historian for trustworthy information especially on data security, what a scam artist selling out
@@RealTkco Avalon might have remembered the uni in the US where if you were caught holding hands with someone of the same sex, you’d be expelled and they’d keep your tuition.
That is not a boat that would float very long. Being associated with/advertised as being good for activities legally grey at best and some of the highest crimes worldwide at worst? Its silly, but it miiight get them in trouble with people who lack that sense of humor and appreciation for honesty.
It's basically what ProtonVPN does. Targeting journalists and activists isn't as colorful as gay pirate assassins, but at least it's honest. They even mention "safe file sharing".
I know you're being ironic, but false advertisment just goes unregulated. In my opinion, any false or misleading advertisment should be removed and the company's advertising rights removed.
@@Secretman33 yes, i'm being optimistic, but im talking about the ideal state, not the way to it. Ideally we'd start with people boycotting theese companies, and not skipping the ad so the company pays the creator
@@DarkPortall All the milk around here states rBST-free! Which isn't a lie, but it's also what everyone does in the state, so is it misleading? Or just making you feel like you're getting something better than everyone else?
The military grade encryption part reminds me of one of his linguistics videos Saying your VPN uses military grade encryption is like saying your tomatoes are 100% vegan
@@strehlow It makes me laugh when I go to the store and there's a wall of items that all have tags on them saying things like "gluten free," "kosher," "vegan." Like, if you care about eating kosher, you probably know that rice is kosher. Yes, marketing department, olive oil is, in fact, vegan.
There's no actual proof of the censor bars actually censoring a real company. I'd bet good money there is no such company, and it plays into the story being told.
The government will always go with the cheapest option, so “military grade” isn’t exactly a good thing. I worked with 2 electricians as my bosses and the mayor of our town always took us for jobs because we were a tiny new business and thus the cheapest bidders.
That, or an incredibly dated way due to a mix of security concerns and bureaucratic red tape. For reference, see the nuclear security still operating off of 8-inch floppy disks and/or the entirety of the VA.
"Military grade" really means "cheap but durable". AES uses the same key for encryption and decryption, if the attacker gets that key, which is totally possible, then suddenly all the security bestowed by a VPN vanishes.
@bob morphy A major point of VPN advertisers is that it provides protection that isn't there. Most people are already protected. There ARE some reasonable uses though.Why am I typing out the video here? Just watch it.
@bob morphy What's the number one thing you here repeated so often in these VPN ads? Privacy. You don't really have a choice but to take them at their word that they don't log anything, and what you're doing is simply changing who can see what sites you're accessing. VPN's do have other uses, sure, but they don't openly advertize that. Either because doing so could damage their image or lead to legal action, or other reasons. If the only thing about your internet activity that you change is using a VPN, you are still just as traceable, especially if you need to enter payment information that doesn't use cryptocurrency.
I am no longer scared of my online passwords and identity being stolen. I am however scared shitless that I'm being spied on by gay pirate assassins. Thanks tom
Use a password manager instead. It has a secure master password on a browser extension or app, can even require you use an authenticator on a second device, and then all the other passwords can be generated by the password manager. You just remember the highly secure master password and that's it.
As a TH-camr parodying the FBI once said " oh no they're using a VPN. What am I gonna do. I doubt I have the authority to make them hand over their uses logs due to federal regulation."
Ya but some are based in say romainia amd Switzerland that dont generally comply with outsiders demands for accounts bank or otherwise. So still ok to have that extra safety. Imo
One employee getting bribed to "leave" a usb in a server or computer is a real threat. The people/company hiring the employee will pay an exorbitant amount of money for this and this is one of the reasons that nothing can be truly secure. Though this is not extremely common, it does happen and is sometimes very hard to notice or fix. Great video.
I was about to say, "Tom, you could have used that link on the screen to Rick Roll us", but upon checking it... I was indeed Rick Rolled and I congratulate you.
i remember a while back, the fbi was investigating this guy for something, and they asked a vpn company for the logs of the guy. the company was like "we dont keep any logs," which they doubted, so they investigated them and found out that they did not in fact keep any logs.
Perhaps the typical VPN company can be trusted not to keep any logs, but I find it funny that Facebook also offers a VPN service. If there's *anyone* I wouldn't trust not to keep logs, it would be Facebook.
@@swindlesmccoop That was express VPN seized by the Turkish government. Or maybe the example you're giving is a separate incident, but Turkey did seize some servers related to an assassination of a Russian ambassador in Turkey & they came up blank
You know how nice it is, that for years I've seen these VPN propaganda videos - and that one of my favourite guys doesn't just fall in place, but actually gives an honest explanation. If we had more people in the world like you Tom, we might stand half a chance.
Before this video, the main thing VPN sponsorships talked about was the security, after this video the main selling point for VPNs became the feature of obtaining content from other countries.
@@d4b I'd go with algorithm. I think TH-camrs do get a little selection of general categories they can pick from from not down to the actual ads that play. The algorithm sees a key word "VPN" and shows you an ad for a VPN since you just be interested in them.
@@ZachTangen Right. In this case, I was referring to "they" as the advertiser(s). I trust Tom not to intentionally solicit/accept a VPN company, at least here. :-)
To be fair tho: I don't hear those misleading claims in most sponserships. Usually it's just "Watch Netflix like you're in the US". Still not optimal to then link to the website filled with those misleading claims. But it's a long shot of actively being deceptive themselves.
@@lunakoala5053 not sure what you're watching then, but most VPN ads in videos I watch claim it protects your data, which it clearly does not in any meaningful way.
Perhaps you forgot what tom said at the beginning, he knows and understands this stuff, you can't have a wood sculpturer to know data science. I'm not ruling out the money but, many just don't know it and saw only the visible capability of it
To be fair, something marketing itself at "This is for gay pirate assassins!" would at least get a second look from me, because, c'mon! That'd be fantastic.
Is that gay pirates who are also assassins, or assassins who specialize in assassinating gay pirates, or gay assassins who specialize in assassinating pirates?
@@sanjaymatsuda4504 I like to think I'm a Gay assassin who specializes in killing Pirates. I've never met a Pirate who got away alive. (Though that's mainly because I'm lucky enough to have never met a Pirate)
I can also see how a VPN might be squirrelly about okaying this ad.... "hey if you're thinking about doing illegal stuff, use Redacted VPN!" Might get them in legal trouble in the future.
Thank you so much for making this! As a fellow industry professional, those VPN ads drive me crazy. I've been complaining about it for years and only now have I found this video. So glad I'm not the only one!
Tom, thanks for being a bastion of integrity in this ocean of greed. I was just thinking about what the 5 figures of cash you let on the table would have bought you and how it would have improved your life, and you walked away from it just to be able to know you're a decent person. So, if a reminder is of any help, you're a decent person and the world is a better place with you in it.
Maybe even 6 figures. The best TH-cam sponsorship deals are upwards of 100k per video, and tom seems to be the constitent high viewed A rated channel to get those offers
This is the main reasom i follow you. Because you have values, and dont compromise just to get paid. Thoughtful, well put together educational content. Keep it up!!!
Damn that was ballsy. As an experienced engineer I can say this is by far the most truthful video about what a VPN actually does for you. Thank you Tom for having integrity in a world full of sellouts. Can't say the world will reward you for that but at least you know you have it.
One thing I think the video should have mentioned is this: The government can still figure out what sites you are connecting to over a VPN. All they have to do is monitor when you send a request to the VPN server, then see what site the VPN server connects to after that. This technique isn't 100% accurate when the server receives multiple requests at once, but it still shows that VPNs aren't as safe as advertised.
As Tom points out, most people being sponsored by VPNs don't lack integrity they simply lack knowledge in the field. While you could argue that creators should thouroughly research their sponsors that research would probably mainly consist of searches to see if the company behaves ethically and if other trusted creators have done deals with the company (cf. the BetterHelp sponsorship fiasco). Taking sponsorship isn't the same as selling out. Most people don't castigate sports stars for taking money from clothing companies. It just feels a bit 'icky' when our favoured content creators here do it becuase of the different parasocial dynamics.
It's either ExpressVPN or ProtonVPN. The latter of which I would say is well worth the money because my modem doesn't like my phone or computer unless it's going through a constant ip, aka through a VPN. And only taking a ping hit of 20-25ms it's good for gaming too
I'm an IT specialist.... This video is refreshing. I could finish your sentences and was right everytime... Very different from what I experienced almost everywhere. Great!
So... is that a gay pirate who dabbles in assassination? An assassin who exclusively targets gay pirates? Or a gay assassin who exclusively targets pirates?
Does this mean, someone who wants to kill gay pirates, a homosexual person who wants to kill pirates, or a homosexual pirate who also kills people for money?
I *literally* made this exact presentation, all the same data points and warnings, down to the "...and if you're being targeted by nation-state hackers, you have biggest issues" argument after a family member asked me if they should start using a VPN. It is extremely spooky because I matched the exact order of your data points and even sarcastic remarks about their practical usefulness (sans the murder stuff, my mum wouldn't have laughed at that). Good to know I can just send them to your video next time. Spot on.
Unless we're talking the American military, which will by a roll of toilet paper for 50 bucks. Not that it's worth 50 bucks, mind you, it's just a way to funnel taxpayer money into private contractors.
TH-cam's brilliant algorithm gave me an advertisement for IP Vanish VPN on this video... It made most of the claims the video then immediately debunked. Nice going TH-cam.
It wouldn't bother me so much if they didn't market it as a one-stop solution to being tracked and profiled online. Millions of people are running a VPN service on their computers right now thinking they're invisible to corporations, advertisers, and governments, but it is still ridiculously easy to track you if a VPN is the only thing you're using to protect yourself. Cookies, browser fingerprinting, improperly segmented accounts, the list goes on. These VPN companies are misleading customers and encouraging tech illiteracy to improve their profits.
I'm going to cry. I've been getting more and more tired of those vpn sponsors on every other video I watch, by the day. I've really started to feel like some of them are genuinely approaching scaremongering tactics with "your data is not safe and you could have your whole life wiped out in a single moment". I feel so vindicated it's not even funny. that vpns aren't nearly that different in their level of security. I've never felt like I needed that extra level of 'protection' and finding out that vpns don't have that much up on standard internet security measures is so sweet. you are the guy I've been looking for to just explain a vpn and its pros and cons when you're not sponsored by them. my god.
@hcufvhhf Hychyfvju rickrolling is when you get someone to watch the video for rick astley's never gonna give you up, by sending them the link disguised as something else
I would’ve downloaded that VPN if they had the courage to actually approve Tom’s ad, and I applaud Tom for not affecting the authenticity of this video for money. I say I’d do the same, but I’m not certain.
This is very accurate for those living in most Western democracies. I've never understood why they're so popular there. However, government censorship was addressed only in passing, which is a huge deal for the majority of people. The advert could have included, "Are you part of the 64% of the world's population whose government censors the internet?" I'm accessing this video from China, home to 18% of the world's population, thanks to a VPN.
@@Vivi-xn9iz There are things like proxy websites which act just like a VPN, allowing you to use a website to access another website and it usually encrypts the data. VPNs are generally just a bunch of proxy website anyways. You could literally rent a server in the U.S. and log into it from China and use the server to browse w.e. you wanted and it'd still achieve the same effect, just more expensive.
@@Vivi-xn9iz You get it before you enter the country. Using a VPN is not inherently illegal (many Chinese companies use them to connect with customers in the outside world). However, it's what you do with the VPN that might get you in trouble.
A comment on the term "military grade": I've a friend who is ex-United States Marine Corps. "Why in the hell do you want 'military grade'!? 'Military grade' is 'the lowest bidder that works.'"
True, but for a lot of stuff the standard by which "works" is measured is a LOT higher for "military grade" than for consumer products, and the military are also exempt from certain restrictions that exist for consumer grade products. A consumer bowl for instance just needs to be bowl shaped so a paper bowl would be acceptable, a military grade one would need to achieve a certain level of robustness to survive being carried around in a pack for months/years and probably also need to be able to contain liquid and be heated on a fire which drastically improves the minimum quality of the product even if the vendor cheaps out on every other aspect. It's all about the minimum bar, which is a lot higher for military grade.
As someone who works for a government contractor, “military grade” means “locked in a cupboard that only those with a certain clearance level are allowed to know how to open”.
Also depends upon who's military is judging the worthiness, since different militaries have different ideas of what fits their needs. And I'm sure the rest of the world will agree that measuring something against the ideals and standards of the us military isn't exactly the most impartial thing you could do.
@@AusSkiller Another aspect is for logic circuits, military grade computer hardware is simply more resistant to EMP and other outside disturbance, and also in some instances remote reading. But is all depends on what it is and what the specification really are. The military use a lot of stuff that is not "military spec" because it is good enough as it is. Toilet and printer paper comes as obvious examples, or food to be cooked on site in peace time in a base on home soil. Military grade encryption is more about hardening the hardware and software against side channel attacks etc than the algorithms used.
While this is most likely true, the military also spends lots of money on tools and development for gear so it ain't always the lowest bidder work. I highly doubt the lowest bidder made the atomic bomb(do not quote me i know next to nothing on the Manhattan project but I"m willing to bet it wasn't the lowest bitter)
@@VoIcanoman The mobile game RAID Shadow Legends sponsors an insane amount of TH-camrs, just as many as any VPN. Even people who readily admit they are not gamers. The comment here is a reference to the movie Avengers Endgame
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THEPLANETEARTH no
I’m still confused
4 days ago??
I only use my VPN as an Adblock for my iPhone.
VPN also prevents bear attacks. I’ve been using VPN for the last 5 years and haven’t been attacked by any bears.
Guys I can also attest to this. It's something they never talk about.
But do watch out for Tunnel bears!
Sledanet came to write the same joke, hope people get it
It's true. I don't have a VPN, and I'm constantly being attacked by bears.
Actually it's only one bear all the time.
Actually, I think it might be a dog.
Actually, I think she's just trying to lick me.
I wear glasses and use a VPN and I got attacked by a squirrel. Guess neither prevent squirrel attacks.
Future job applications:
⬜ I.T.
⬜ engineer
☑️ gay pirate assassin
Gay scientologist pirate assassin*
As a proud gay computer science engineer pirate assassin I must say you are setting your goals way to low.
Larry Lewinsohn na
OSW Review HD this is the last place I’d expect to see an osw comment. Btw jay what bar is Tom?
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I honestly can’t believe Tom would throw gay pirate assassins under the bus like that.
Give us maul skins you rascal
butt pirates you mean.
Let me try and understand something. If everything is already encrypted and we're not really needing a VPN, why worry about a VPN seeing what the ISP was seeing? The ISP needs to keep the logs in many country's for 5 years, so no logs means no 5 year history. I'm not a GPA but do value my privacy. Besides, I don't know what I'm searching today that might become illegal within 5 years.
@@dorleysflir5350Even if you search something and then it becomes illegal, you can't have any problems with that, because that's not how law works
@@dorleysflir5350You can't commit a crime that doesen't exist yet. also I would love to know what you're searching that you're worried about it being illegal
Calling AES “military grade encryption” is like calling oxygen “military grade air.” It’s not totally wrong, it’s just that everyone is breathing that same air
That’s what he said tf
Pure oxygen is a great way to cause combustion, so I think it's military grade air
@@JustAGoatt and dying for after a couple hours
We also watched the video thanks
Great explantation.
Turning down a deal like that tells a lot about your character. I’ll remember that.
*Everyone liked that*
Ah, Fallout memes, sweet sweet nostalgia :D
*Bradley Evans will remember that*
@@aurelien5747 Damn it, beat me to it
Karel Veliký Didn’t they stem from Telltale’s The Walking Dead? Fallout 4 had those pop ups in 2015, while Telltale TWD came out in 2012
There was no sponsorship. At least that's how I took it. And if I didn't understand your joke, then shame on me I guess.
If a company actually agreed to that advertisement I would actually be interested in getting their service.
Most average people won’t. That’d be bad for their business.
@@obi-wankenobi5411 the thing is anyone watching this video and advert just heard all the things the ad is saying, so by just admitting it in the video makes you look more genuine, honest and down to earth. Probably not a good idea to run that ad to mass audiences, but to people who already know the truth, it works.
@@cadentan9083 The people "who already know the truth" probably already made the decision and an ad would be wasted money.
@@obi-wankenobi5411 Agreed, but different ads for different people. Karen will be persuaded by other things than a CS major might.
it's probably norton or pia
Gay Pirate Assassins: "He's on to us"
Nope, only you. I happen to assaginate gay pirates. Completely different. Now can I get your address to expedite this process?
YAR
chartreuse by capital cities
this is going well
Vento Aureo anyone?
Lots of people saying that this video aged poorly because Tom now is sponsored by a VPN company, but did it really age poorly?
In this old video, Tom is clearing up some of the "false" claims that VPN companies make and talks about how he dislikes ads that lie or mislead - he himself did not use any of these claims in his new video where he is sponsored by a VPN company. In the new video, he literally says that he is using a VPN because he is traveling a lot and away from home, which automatically makes websites show up in dutch, and prices in Euros. He also said that he could not access a UK government site without the VPN.
I don't think this aged poorly. I think he is sticking to his principles and did an honest VPN advert.
I actually feel that VPN advertising changed after this video. It went from making bogus claims about VPN to advertising what they have over other companies
It's not a bad advert either.
exactly. hes just pointing out that vpns have very little advantage in security and the advertisers are usually only highlighting the security side because the real reason people use vpns is in a legal and sometimes moral grey area
agreed
@@muhammadzidnii2577 It absolutely did, it was a massive shift.
"Military grade" is like when you make a sci-fi movie, and can not explain how things works, so you just throw words like "quantum", or "nano tech"
@@xEqualsRandom "Oh no! They have Quantum Molecular Shielding! We have to get our scientists to produce Dark Matter Nano Tech Blasters if we are to have a chance at defeating them."
don't forget about electromagnetic, they always throw that one in
@@takia5683 no need to do that, you just need to reverse the polarity and they'll be defenceless!
Paracausal
“Hacking the mainframe”
Coming from someone working in the military; military grade is "lowest bidder that gets the job done"
Unless a CEO is friends with someone high up in the pentagon or white house. Then military grade for that project is "as much as their corrupt pals can get away with charging us regardless of quality."
Sometimes it doesn’t get the job done. *laughs in UCP, NWU blue uniform*
that's a cool ass profile pic
How do you feel about serving in a military that is involved with indoctrination against Founding-Stock Americans?
@@bubbletea1985 nigha what
Guys, I think it's Raid: Shadow Legends.
Ah, someone else who watches Simon Whistler videos.I still to this day dont know about Shadow Legends
@@kanedaku what
@@sablovestwice What
No its Raid: Shadow Master Coins Seven Sins 99 Lengends Deluxe New Funky Mode
No, it said ■■■■ VPN
I think one inclusion that's worth mentioning is that a VPN might hide your identity and stop tracking etc but the second you login to a website like Google, facebook, then all of that goes out the window. Too many people think a VPN gives them privacy and then stroll around the Internet logged in to their google account, linked to their facebook account, linked to their steam account....
Dang, shame that VPN backed out of the sponsor deal; the gay pirate assassin market would've probably been really profitable
Exactly
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Arggg, Matey. We already get loads of free booty.
now i dont know which vpn i should buy... rip
@@gaypirateassassin2404 oh no...
I'm a gay pirate assassin and a VPN has helped immensely, thanks Tom.
@@ayefries Well I never considered that, but now I can't not and I want answers
Or are you a gay that pirate assassin?
@@unknownbutawesome8759 unfortunately, that's not a grammatically valid interpretation.
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@@ayefries Yes
I'm really proud of Tom for not sacrificing his honesty and integrity for "a lot of money"
@@RandomNameLastName811 I don't think they're even paying him anymore and he's just doing the "ads" as a part of his videos. I mean, do you really think NordVPN watches them and goes "yep, this is good advertisement for us"? I don't.
@@RandomNameLastName811 lot of money at times is less than $100
@@RandomNameLastName811 ah yes, because we all go to internet historian for trustworthy information especially on data security, what a scam artist selling out
You took the word right out of my mouth, Andre. It chears my up to see an ask of integrety.
Never gonna tell a lie about my VPN
I like how when Tom got sponsored by a VPN he only stated the benefits he said in this video and not the bs
When did he get sponsored by a VPN?
@@randomdams9179 If you havent found it yet it's the flower video about the clock that got ruined by the internet
@@randomdams9179 The flower video.
@@GeorgeDCowleyalso Tom Scott's new video: "Why are adverts so loud?"
"The best choice for gay people, pirates, assassins, and gay pirate assassins"
This is why I'm subscribed to this channel
exactly
Yes
I’m so happy rn 😊 I’m your 1.5 k like
1.8K likes and 3 replies lmao
So you're a gay pirate assassin?
Anyone who has ever been in or known someone in the military knows "Military grade" means "Built by the lowest bidder" anyway
We're also all using a "military grade communications network", i.e. the internet :-D
Miliitary Grade: AKA: The servers are built like bricks to withstand explosives, not sure how that helps the virtual customers but hey XD
AES has very solid foundations tbh. The only weaknesses are implementation specific ones.
My underpants must be military grade, as they were the cheapest I could find.
I mean you're correct but also the US military also sets minimum requirements of performance that can be higher than civilian use stuff
"Military grade encryption" is essentially the same as "Surgical grade steel" a buzzword used to sell you things
Or “Aircraft grade aluminum”
Or Space grade aluminium
just use tour
John Wicked the Mario kart game?
Or "digital quality audio".
“Hiding your sexuality from college administrators” is such an oddly specific example.
America is a silly place.
This is the UK
@@AvalonisHere like how you point out America, but this is a more UK specific thing :)
and unfortunately an oddly common one
@@RealTkco Avalon might have remembered the uni in the US where if you were caught holding hands with someone of the same sex, you’d be expelled and they’d keep your tuition.
It’s kinda funny that if the VPN company approved Tom’s version, then I’d probably trust that company more than any other VPN service
100% agree with this point
That's true but the business probably wants to keep it's reputation and avoid getting into legal trouble.
That is not a boat that would float very long. Being associated with/advertised as being good for activities legally grey at best and some of the highest crimes worldwide at worst? Its silly, but it miiight get them in trouble with people who lack that sense of humor and appreciation for honesty.
It's basically what ProtonVPN does. Targeting journalists and activists isn't as colorful as gay pirate assassins, but at least it's honest. They even mention "safe file sharing".
It's probably a bit. I doubt there was actually a real VPN company. I can't remember the last time I saw a sponsored video from Tom.
As a gay pirate who is not an assassin, I feel largely represented by this advert.
Same
Never too late to change careers
@@coscorrodrift you dont choose the pirate life, the pirate life chooses you
Pirate life the chose you
chose life pirate the you
Yarr harr fiddle-dee-dee, my dudes.
Are you telling me advertisements aren’t to be trusted and that people lie? I can’t believe it
I know you're being ironic, but false advertisment just goes unregulated. In my opinion, any false or misleading advertisment should be removed and the company's advertising rights removed.
DarkPortal yet that is an optimistic hope that will almost certainly never see the light of day
Secretman33 But it’s on the internet, it must be true
@@Secretman33 yes, i'm being optimistic, but im talking about the ideal state, not the way to it. Ideally we'd start with people boycotting theese companies, and not skipping the ad so the company pays the creator
@@DarkPortall All the milk around here states rBST-free! Which isn't a lie, but it's also what everyone does in the state, so is it misleading? Or just making you feel like you're getting something better than everyone else?
The military grade encryption part reminds me of one of his linguistics videos
Saying your VPN uses military grade encryption is like saying your tomatoes are 100% vegan
Or your bottled water is gluten free.
@@strehlow It makes me laugh when I go to the store and there's a wall of items that all have tags on them saying things like "gluten free," "kosher," "vegan." Like, if you care about eating kosher, you probably know that rice is kosher. Yes, marketing department, olive oil is, in fact, vegan.
Now imagine they could implement Citadel II Encryption into a VPN...
I've gone down this rabbit hole, many fertilisers have blood and bone, straight from the slaughter house, but I get the sentiment
and yet another advert stretching Grice's maxims
"That was a lot of money left on the table. A lot of money." And that, Tom, is why we trust you!
True that
Worth it to use "Gay Pirate Assassins" in a serious toned video.
I've also left a lot of money on the table. Will you trust me with your credit card number, ssn, birthday and mother's maiden name?
There's no actual proof of the censor bars actually censoring a real company. I'd bet good money there is no such company, and it plays into the story being told.
@@hhaavvvvii that's what i think too! the segue at the beginning seemed a little strange to me.
Tom Scott isn't just a national treasure, he's an international treasure.
The final goal of Nicholas Cage trilogy we've been waiting to see.
The question of which nation has the right to claim the treasure has been mired in courtrooms for years.
He's a treasure whose location is indiscernible thanks to ◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️ VPN
Mr. Worldwide
Italy agree
"Military Grade" = The cheapest most cost effective way to accomplish whatever it is needs accomplishing.
"The lowest bidder"
Always.
floppy disks for nuclear operations
The government will always go with the cheapest option, so “military grade” isn’t exactly a good thing. I worked with 2 electricians as my bosses and the mayor of our town always took us for jobs because we were a tiny new business and thus the cheapest bidders.
That's actually cause floppy disks cannot be remotely hacked.
That, or an incredibly dated way due to a mix of security concerns and bureaucratic red tape. For reference, see the nuclear security still operating off of 8-inch floppy disks and/or the entirety of the VA.
Guys he didn’t change his mind. He didn’t use any of the lying talking points in his video
"Our VPN uses Military Grade Encryption to protect your data" is like a box of cereal with "100% Asbestos Free!" on it.
I particularly love the packs of chalk which are labelled 'non-toxic'...
"Military grade" really means "cheap but durable". AES uses the same key for encryption and decryption, if the attacker gets that key, which is totally possible, then suddenly all the security bestowed by a VPN vanishes.
GMO-free sea salt!
Bag of sugar - without artificial sweeteners. The bag tastes just like a paper bag should.
@@deidara_8598, modern systems generate a fresh key for each session and discard it after the connection is closed. Check out forward secrecy.
FINALLY
SOMEONE POINTED THIS BS OUT
ITS BEEN DRIVING ME INSANE
God, I felt for ages this VPN thing was going to be exposed in one way or another.
@bob morphy exposed
: adjective -- not covered or hidden; visible.
@bob morphy A major point of VPN advertisers is that it provides protection that isn't there. Most people are already protected. There ARE some reasonable uses though.Why am I typing out the video here? Just watch it.
@bob morphy What's the number one thing you here repeated so often in these VPN ads? Privacy. You don't really have a choice but to take them at their word that they don't log anything, and what you're doing is simply changing who can see what sites you're accessing. VPN's do have other uses, sure, but they don't openly advertize that. Either because doing so could damage their image or lead to legal action, or other reasons. If the only thing about your internet activity that you change is using a VPN, you are still just as traceable, especially if you need to enter payment information that doesn't use cryptocurrency.
like that Lifelock ad that says that they scan the dark web for you personal info. Like how tf are you gonna "scan the dark weeb"
TH-cam recommending me this video after Tom got sponsored by Nord VPN is ironic
That's a good one algorithm
VPN also prevents death!
I haven’t died once in my whole life!
Edit: Those scammers lied to me
All evidence points to you being immortal
Correlation does not imply causation, but I can see the way you try to put the satire.
This will not age well
@@anaverageprince2350 will for a while, once it's proven wrong I'm not too concerned about it.
👁️👄👁️
I am no longer scared of my online passwords and identity being stolen. I am however scared shitless that I'm being spied on by gay pirate assassins. Thanks tom
Yarr.
Whaaahaaaahaaaaahaaaaa 😂
YarghhhAANNH!.
This is the sound of a pirate taking it in his black hole
Arrrr I be taking ur booty now 😏
Use a password manager instead. It has a secure master password on a browser extension or app, can even require you use an authenticator on a second device, and then all the other passwords can be generated by the password manager. You just remember the highly secure master password and that's it.
As a TH-camr parodying the FBI once said " oh no they're using a VPN. What am I gonna do. I doubt I have the authority to make them hand over their uses logs due to federal regulation."
Any chance you remember the video? Sounds like it was very funny
@@blight1885 Things your FBI agent says
@@blight1885 The FBI agent said calmly
honestly never seen that video but is it jReg
Ya but some are based in say romainia amd Switzerland that dont generally comply with outsiders demands for accounts bank or otherwise. So still ok to have that extra safety. Imo
One employee getting bribed to "leave" a usb in a server or computer is a real threat. The people/company hiring the employee will pay an exorbitant amount of money for this and this is one of the reasons that nothing can be truly secure. Though this is not extremely common, it does happen and is sometimes very hard to notice or fix. Great video.
I was about to say, "Tom, you could have used that link on the screen to Rick Roll us", but upon checking it... I was indeed Rick Rolled and I congratulate you.
2:36
i was so proud of him
dQw4... wait, seems familiar
dQw = Rick Roll
Will Levine at this point most people know the link just by looking at it.
"My VPN company doesn't keep logs."
"How do you know?"
"Well they said so."
"Uh huh!"
@LastName Almaember 😂😭
i remember a while back, the fbi was investigating this guy for something, and they asked a vpn company for the logs of the guy. the company was like "we dont keep any logs," which they doubted, so they investigated them and found out that they did not in fact keep any logs.
Perhaps the typical VPN company can be trusted not to keep any logs, but I find it funny that Facebook also offers a VPN service.
If there's *anyone* I wouldn't trust not to keep logs, it would be Facebook.
@@swindlesmccoop That was express VPN seized by the Turkish government.
Or maybe the example you're giving is a separate incident, but Turkey did seize some servers related to an assassination of a Russian ambassador in Turkey & they came up blank
@@ThatGreatGuyJesus might be that one, but i think the one im thinking of is private internet access
FINALLY someone explains why most of the VPN claims are BS.
Especially nordvpn. They are by far the worst and the most suspicious
That's cool and all, but are we not gonna talk about those password managers?
@@BlackTecno2 I think password managers are fine
Rhettorical I’ve been made fun of so much for saying it, and now I have an easy link to send to explain myself with little effort
@@BlackTecno2 Is there something wrong with password managers?? Or are they just doing shitty advertising practices like VPNs??
You know how nice it is, that for years I've seen these VPN propaganda videos - and that one of my favourite guys doesn't just fall in place, but actually gives an honest explanation.
If we had more people in the world like you Tom, we might stand half a chance.
Before this video, the main thing VPN sponsorships talked about was the security, after this video the main selling point for VPNs became the feature of obtaining content from other countries.
And not slowing down their connection when using vpn
@@muhammadzidnii2577 that's good
They're still happily using all of those.
Nope, it's still mainly on false security.
Yep, and with no shame that it is then often a fringe of law or regulations (which Tom mentions rightly).
“Are you a gay assassin pirate?”
Was not a line I was expecting to hear today
I am now
When were you expecting to hear it?
sam king of the lions tomorrow
“Are you a gay assassin pirate?”
yes, I am
"F*CK, Dave pack your stuff, they're on to us!"
Also, does this mean Tom is going to start an "Honest Ads" series/mini-series?
Damn !! That would be EPIC
I would love that too!
that would be cool
@Tom Scott please do this
Here's to hope!
There is always a lot of money in lying to a lot of people. Tom, you're not the hero we deserve but you are the hero we need!
the irony is that ads displayed on this video are all VPNs.
Looks like it was demonetized now. :/
I haven't seen an add on youtube since 2008 or around, unless it was integrated in the content
Keywords and algorithms.
@@Blackadder75 "Brave" web browser?
TH-cam Vanced
I made the mistake of listening to the Edward Snowden podcast.... I'm watching this on my etch-a-sketch, from inside a faraday-cage in the woods.
This was brilliant. Thanks
I hear Magna-Doodles get better reception.
@@brainmind4070 Blasphemy!
Nice.
5g is coming, so soon a drone will fly a camera in near your neck of Woods and ull be streamed live 247
Tom: refuses to compromise a high quality video for VPN advertisers.
TH-cam: runs 2 different VPN ads after the video
Still integrety
It's like in the movie The China Syndrome, where a nuclear reactor nearly goes boom and just after the news report there's an ad for a microwave :-)
Me, an intellectual: turns off wifi to hide the ads
TH-cam being TH-cam, amiright kids?
Haha. I got Express VPN ads before _and_ after the video.
I'm here after nordvpn sponsored robot tom scott twin.
Glad to know I'm not the only one who remembered this video hahaha
Well Tom, you did it, you refused a big ol' bunch of cash to keep your free speech, and in the way you taught us about VPNs.
You flippin legend.
But nobody was stopping him....
Absolutely legend.
Creative legend.
@@samsh0-q3a monetization would, as it has stopped many other TH-cam channels.
"If I took a sponsorship from a boat manufacturer and then it turned out that the boats sank, that would suck."
-Tom Scott, 2019
Well yes they are not supposed to do that
this video is sponsored by white star line
I mean. Whatever floats your boat
@@prinzeszelda3650 not this, clearly
@@prinzeszelda3650 well not them, apparently.
Damn Tom, you've got balls. bye bye to your VPN sponsorships but hello to an enormous amount of respect.
Ironically, a VPN company DID manage to advertise on the pre-roll, whether they intentionally did this, or an algorithm matched them as a "great fit".
@@d4b I'd go with algorithm. I think TH-camrs do get a little selection of general categories they can pick from from not down to the actual ads that play.
The algorithm sees a key word "VPN" and shows you an ad for a VPN since you just be interested in them.
@@ZachTangen Right. In this case, I was referring to "they" as the advertiser(s). I trust Tom not to intentionally solicit/accept a VPN company, at least here. :-)
These comments are so obviously curated. Nord got hacked. He's doing damage control.
@@whitepeoplergullible9241clearly not considering I can see posts like this
And just like that, Tom changed the VPN companies' advertising game forever
Finally, someone who can clearly explain a VPN without their sole motivation being money. Thanks Tom
To be fair tho: I don't hear those misleading claims in most sponserships. Usually it's just "Watch Netflix like you're in the US".
Still not optimal to then link to the website filled with those misleading claims.
But it's a long shot of actively being deceptive themselves.
@@lunakoala5053 not sure what you're watching then, but most VPN ads in videos I watch claim it protects your data, which it clearly does not in any meaningful way.
@@raymondbenjamins5884 then you watch worse creators than I do (when it comes to this sort of thing)
@@lunakoala5053 These claims of security tend to have died down as of late. Back when Tom made this video it was quite common to overemphasise it.
Perhaps you forgot what tom said at the beginning, he knows and understands this stuff, you can't have a wood sculpturer to know data science.
I'm not ruling out the money but, many just don't know it and saw only the visible capability of it
To be fair, something marketing itself at "This is for gay pirate assassins!" would at least get a second look from me, because, c'mon! That'd be fantastic.
I know right!
Is that gay pirates who are also assassins, or assassins who specialize in assassinating gay pirates, or gay assassins who specialize in assassinating pirates?
@@sanjaymatsuda4504 I like to think I'm a Gay assassin who specializes in killing Pirates. I've never met a Pirate who got away alive. (Though that's mainly because I'm lucky enough to have never met a Pirate)
I can also see how a VPN might be squirrelly about okaying this ad.... "hey if you're thinking about doing illegal stuff, use Redacted VPN!" Might get them in legal trouble in the future.
Boom
"It's not wrong. It's just not special"
-God when making me
Ur profile pic looks a little bit like a swastika._.
@@f0rk723 Problem?
@@pythontron8710 it's a snake isn't it?
Also I didn't want to insult you.
@@tidy5156 oh I didn't know that sry.
Thanks for telling me ^^
@@f0rk723 Well no... zoom it out and it's clearly the python logo.
Thank you so much for making this! As a fellow industry professional, those VPN ads drive me crazy. I've been complaining about it for years and only now have I found this video.
So glad I'm not the only one!
This was the most convincing VPN advert i've ever seen, genuinely. Too bad for your sponsor
████.com/honest really missed out.
As a gay pirate assassin, I have to agree.
@@carterschulte7997 I'm a gay pirate, should I be concerned?
Rafael Almeida
Possibly, to be safe you might want to use •••• VPN
"Gay Pirate Assassin."
Not gonna lie that would make a great username.
Dominik Römer I’m sad that this wasn’t written by ‘GayPirateAssassin’
@@jamessawyer9816 Hah.
AYYY
@@DevanK-rg3td neat
Not as good as Hiro Protagonist
Tom, thanks for being a bastion of integrity in this ocean of greed. I was just thinking about what the 5 figures of cash you let on the table would have bought you and how it would have improved your life, and you walked away from it just to be able to know you're a decent person. So, if a reminder is of any help, you're a decent person and the world is a better place with you in it.
The hero we need
well said
hear hear
Hard agree :)
Maybe even 6 figures. The best TH-cam sponsorship deals are upwards of 100k per video, and tom seems to be the constitent high viewed A rated channel to get those offers
I love this video! Thank you so much Tom for being honest with us about VPNs
This is the main reasom i follow you.
Because you have values, and dont compromise just to get paid. Thoughtful, well put together educational content.
Keep it up!!!
haha i got the 69th like.
edit:nice
True that
so true i trust tom to give us all of the truth
Josh Werth sounds reasomable
Having values doesn't mean you should never try to get paid for hard work you do.
"great for gay pirate assassins"
Finally a service for me
That's gay
Seems like the next high tier comp in TFT.
stop assassinating gay pirates
"Yo hoe hoe and mmm a bottle of rum for the two of us honey _{it's poisoned}_ "
This is the representation we truly need in the world.
"Things you might not need" - Tom Scott 2019. I would watch a series about these things :D
Yes! Make one on animal-based food.
It does feel like a UK version of 'Adam Ruins Everything'
@@magnusdagbro8226 I guess it's been a hour since you told someone you were vegan, huh?
@@Lugh314 32 min
Magnus Dagbro you might not need legs but it sure is great to have some
Always able to find the info I'm actually looking for with Tom's videos, thanks!
“great for gays, pirates, assassins, or gay pirate assassins” - Finally an ad for me!!
That’s fine, unless you are a pirate or an assassin
@@absolutelyspiffing but i wanna be a pirate
yarrrr :(
> THE FBI WOULD LIKE TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION
fbi pirate assassin 😭😭😭😭
kinda gae ngl
I recognise that TH-cam link Tom, you can’t trick a Veteran.
You ain't a veteran if you know of that link 😂
Well of course I know you, you're me.
🎙️👞
@Justsomerandomguy indeed - the only advantage of being a rick roller
You know the rules and so do they!
Damn that was ballsy. As an experienced engineer I can say this is by far the most truthful video about what a VPN actually does for you. Thank you Tom for having integrity in a world full of sellouts. Can't say the world will reward you for that but at least you know you have it.
One thing I think the video should have mentioned is this:
The government can still figure out what sites you are connecting to over a VPN. All they have to do is monitor when you send a request to the VPN server, then see what site the VPN server connects to after that. This technique isn't 100% accurate when the server receives multiple requests at once, but it still shows that VPNs aren't as safe as advertised.
As Tom points out, most people being sponsored by VPNs don't lack integrity they simply lack knowledge in the field. While you could argue that creators should thouroughly research their sponsors that research would probably mainly consist of searches to see if the company behaves ethically and if other trusted creators have done deals with the company (cf. the BetterHelp sponsorship fiasco). Taking sponsorship isn't the same as selling out. Most people don't castigate sports stars for taking money from clothing companies. It just feels a bit 'icky' when our favoured content creators here do it becuase of the different parasocial dynamics.
Supa Koopa Troopa 64 That request is most likely a encrypted request or ‘forged’ request depending on how professional coded.
Well, it still is not too hard spoofing a wifi hotspot in a cafe and mounting a mitm attack
+1 to this, said it better than I could have.
It's so great that someone finally says it. I also thought about this every single time I saw one of these vpn advertisements. Great video 👍
I bet it’s ExpressVPN; They literally have ads on the Pirate Bay.
The syllable timing matches.
Makes sense from the little bit of lip reading I can see too
“Literally” ?
And an ExpressVPN ad came up for me at the beginning
It's either ExpressVPN or ProtonVPN. The latter of which I would say is well worth the money because my modem doesn't like my phone or computer unless it's going through a constant ip, aka through a VPN. And only taking a ping hit of 20-25ms it's good for gaming too
"Military grade" is such a hyped up term, not everything made by "the military" is good. Also, which military are we talking about here?
THE military, duh.
Military grade normally means "lowest cost and lowest spec"
"Military grade toilet paper" is all you need to know about "military grade."
my food is still bad even if I say it's "military grade cooking"
Wait, wait! This military is military grade.
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I'm an IT specialist.... This video is refreshing. I could finish your sentences and was right everytime... Very different from what I experienced almost everywhere. Great!
So... is that a gay pirate who dabbles in assassination?
An assassin who exclusively targets gay pirates?
Or a gay assassin who exclusively targets pirates?
That's why punctuation matters.
Yes
So many questions! I want answers now, dammit.
A gay person who pirates (human trafficking) assassins who are bad at their job
All of the above
Respect. Turning down a sponsor deal and telling us your honest opinion / facts about it. Respect.
mood
1.3k likes and only 1 reply?
I'm gonna change that
@@thunderphoenix2932 same
@@thunderphoenix2932 congratulations! We've made it to 4 replies!
@@GgGhost 5!
"The best choice for gay people, pirates, assasins and gay pirate assasins."
Just realized i am the target adudince
Arrrg, I'd like to buy a long range musket... in pink please.
Does this mean, someone who wants to kill gay pirates, a homosexual person who wants to kill pirates, or a homosexual pirate who also kills people for money?
@@catatonicbug7522 Yes.
@@catatonicbug7522 yes
I *literally* made this exact presentation, all the same data points and warnings, down to the "...and if you're being targeted by nation-state hackers, you have biggest issues" argument after a family member asked me if they should start using a VPN. It is extremely spooky because I matched the exact order of your data points and even sarcastic remarks about their practical usefulness (sans the murder stuff, my mum wouldn't have laughed at that). Good to know I can just send them to your video next time. Spot on.
The curtains look like badly deinterlaced video
damn a 600k ytber having no replies
Tf you doing here
hmm
Sup
o/
Military grade: Your product is made by the lowest bidder.
I know right, all these marines coming home saying how better equipped the ennemy was.
Yea. The military doesn't look for the highest top tier quality stuff. They just need something that does the job
They have top tier weapons and armor but they are weak to hacks and all that
It could also mean "millspec", a set of certifications that proves the device in question can stand up to all sorts of punishment.
Unless we're talking the American military, which will by a roll of toilet paper for 50 bucks. Not that it's worth 50 bucks, mind you, it's just a way to funnel taxpayer money into private contractors.
TH-cam's brilliant algorithm gave me an advertisement for IP Vanish VPN on this video... It made most of the claims the video then immediately debunked. Nice going TH-cam.
Vanish - 6 letters
Title - 6 black blocks
Same here, just after the vid.
Funny how a VPN service is using google to target certain videos with the words “VPN” in it.
@@Copyright_Infringement very interesting
@@Copyright_Infringement Title: 3 black blocks
When once Tom appears in a similar ad I will get the thing immediately! (And will laugh for days :)))
"That's a lot of money left on the table" is a statement that elevates you beyond anything you hoped for. Well done Tom.
Truly
The hilarity when there's literally a VPN ad on this video.
IP Vanish?
@@DS_4172 Yep
@@Heyyoudoyouwantto I got express
@@Noam_.Menashe I got nothing...... oh wait.....( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Nord VPN
as an infosec guy im quite glad someone said this.. the vpn ads have really been getting under my skin
there are DOZENS of us!
Same here bud. Internet education is so horribly poor throughout the world. Without education these shitty services will continue to be sold.
@Gibbon ...Brought to you by carl's jr's...
same for a guy with a passing interest in infosec
It wouldn't bother me so much if they didn't market it as a one-stop solution to being tracked and profiled online. Millions of people are running a VPN service on their computers right now thinking they're invisible to corporations, advertisers, and governments, but it is still ridiculously easy to track you if a VPN is the only thing you're using to protect yourself. Cookies, browser fingerprinting, improperly segmented accounts, the list goes on. These VPN companies are misleading customers and encouraging tech illiteracy to improve their profits.
I'm going to cry. I've been getting more and more tired of those vpn sponsors on every other video I watch, by the day. I've really started to feel like some of them are genuinely approaching scaremongering tactics with "your data is not safe and you could have your whole life wiped out in a single moment". I feel so vindicated it's not even funny. that vpns aren't nearly that different in their level of security. I've never felt like I needed that extra level of 'protection' and finding out that vpns don't have that much up on standard internet security measures is so sweet. you are the guy I've been looking for to just explain a vpn and its pros and cons when you're not sponsored by them. my god.
Tom: can I have a sponsorship
VPN company: Yesn’t
*Nes*
I think I know what VPN it is
Alexander 7629 i think its ExpressVpn, what do you think is it?
@@herby1585 Another guess could be Nord vpn, they have quite an agressive marketing as well.
more like
VPN company: can we sponsor you
Tom: Yesn’t
I can't EXPRESS how this VPN's name is subtly hidden.
You are too dangerous to be left alive.
Skyrim belongs to the nords
Your comment will VANISH.
@@HAL-mv2cw mad lad
Glad that there's no SHARK while i'm SURFING
You've lost a lot of Money
But you still have your dignity
Seriously, hats off to Tom for not corrupting his message, serious respect
and integrity
Unfortunately, there's not a many TH-camrs that are still having their dignity...
You've got some tegridy!
why didnt you use tegridy?
This video actually changed the way VPN was advertised.
Anyone else immediately fill in the blank as ‘Nord’ VPN
Maybe
or ‘express’ vpn
@@cosmicpulse7459 it definitely felt like more than one syllable so I think you're closer tbh
@@cosmicpulse7459 defos express vpn
i think its surfshark vpn
Whenever i see “VPN” my mind instantly says _”Nord VPN”_
Then that means the marketing team of NordVPN are good at their jobs.
there's a bunch of others. protonvpn, expressvpn, panda vpn, onavo
Ew, no, stop falling for their tricks.
@@WindspriteM therr is also tunmelbear but none cares about them cause there is no vpn
Nordvpn got hacked in 2018, i'm sticking with expressvpn for now
Ok, can we just take a moment to acknowledge that the link which appears at 2:36 is the link to a rickroll... Tom Scott is a legend!
Everyone knows that link
@hcufvhhf Hychyfvju enter the link as shown in
2:36
@hcufvhhf Hychyfvju rickrolling is when you get someone to watch the video for rick astley's never gonna give you up, by sending them the link disguised as something else
yep XcQ right there. surprised i had to scroll this far to notice that
as soon as i noticed it i died laughing
Who else is here after the most recent video where he got sponsored by NordVPN?
Me. To be fair, his stance did not change. He only promised geo-location capabilities in the ad.
Me too. Had to double check if there was a followup to this but seems like he just gave in
Me
@@BGFutureBG gave in?
@@elyes2703he is also the only one who asks users to check the terms of service of said app
I would’ve downloaded that VPN if they had the courage to actually approve Tom’s ad, and I applaud Tom for not affecting the authenticity of this video for money. I say I’d do the same, but I’m not certain.
somehow i feel that was a joke
@@elisem4489 Yes, it obviously was. Just look at that url (/honest) :)
@@elisem4489 got to imagine that tom has been offered VPN sponsorships in the past and has turned them down, though.
Same. Would’ve even paid $10 a month
Any company spending as much money as they do convincing people they aren't safe without that product absolutely can not be trusted
This is very accurate for those living in most Western democracies. I've never understood why they're so popular there. However, government censorship was addressed only in passing, which is a huge deal for the majority of people. The advert could have included, "Are you part of the 64% of the world's population whose government censors the internet?"
I'm accessing this video from China, home to 18% of the world's population, thanks to a VPN.
Ah, hello there!
@@Vivi-xn9iz probably smuggling it in on a flash drive or something
@@Vivi-xn9iz There are things like proxy websites which act just like a VPN, allowing you to use a website to access another website and it usually encrypts the data. VPNs are generally just a bunch of proxy website anyways.
You could literally rent a server in the U.S. and log into it from China and use the server to browse w.e. you wanted and it'd still achieve the same effect, just more expensive.
@@Vivi-xn9iz You get it before you enter the country. Using a VPN is not inherently illegal (many Chinese companies use them to connect with customers in the outside world). However, it's what you do with the VPN that might get you in trouble.
Same
A comment on the term "military grade": I've a friend who is ex-United States Marine Corps.
"Why in the hell do you want 'military grade'!? 'Military grade' is 'the lowest bidder that works.'"
True, but for a lot of stuff the standard by which "works" is measured is a LOT higher for "military grade" than for consumer products, and the military are also exempt from certain restrictions that exist for consumer grade products. A consumer bowl for instance just needs to be bowl shaped so a paper bowl would be acceptable, a military grade one would need to achieve a certain level of robustness to survive being carried around in a pack for months/years and probably also need to be able to contain liquid and be heated on a fire which drastically improves the minimum quality of the product even if the vendor cheaps out on every other aspect. It's all about the minimum bar, which is a lot higher for military grade.
As someone who works for a government contractor, “military grade” means “locked in a cupboard that only those with a certain clearance level are allowed to know how to open”.
Also depends upon who's military is judging the worthiness, since different militaries have different ideas of what fits their needs.
And I'm sure the rest of the world will agree that measuring something against the ideals and standards of the us military isn't exactly the most impartial thing you could do.
@@AusSkiller Another aspect is for logic circuits, military grade computer hardware is simply more resistant to EMP and other outside disturbance, and also in some instances remote reading.
But is all depends on what it is and what the specification really are.
The military use a lot of stuff that is not "military spec" because it is good enough as it is. Toilet and printer paper comes as obvious examples, or food to be cooked on site in peace time in a base on home soil.
Military grade encryption is more about hardening the hardware and software against side channel attacks etc than the algorithms used.
While this is most likely true, the military also spends lots of money on tools and development for gear so it ain't always the lowest bidder work.
I highly doubt the lowest bidder made the atomic bomb(do not quote me i know next to nothing on the Manhattan project but I"m willing to bet it wasn't the lowest bitter)
For some reason I feel like buying a ton of flowers.
yup
Had to see if this video was still here ;)
Huh?
Watching this from China because that's a valid use for me having a VPN : )
Same. People say they like to use vpn services to see censored stuff but I just want to watch some Tom Scott.
How are the roits going over there? I don't trust my Media
@@backwoodsjunkie08 then use independant sources, not funded/partnered ones
Build your own from VPS.
Use wind scribe cause you get like 10gbs a month or use opera browser's built in vpn
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666 likes. Now we're talking,
I don't get it.
@@VoIcanoman The mobile game RAID Shadow Legends sponsors an insane amount of TH-camrs, just as many as any VPN. Even people who readily admit they are not gamers.
The comment here is a reference to the movie Avengers Endgame
@@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep Thanks for explaining to that guy.
I got a fearmongering VPN ad before and after this.
Tom did mention large advertising budgets.
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