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by itstriz 3373 days ago
There are no foolproof security solutions, only varying degrees of who you trust with what. There are many VPN providers who claim to keep no logs on user activity. If their claims are true, that is a better option than Comcast or AT&T since the VPN provider with no logs has no data to sell or share.

* edited for spelling error

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Those VPN providers need to get their internet connection somewhere and if you terminate your VPN inside USA (which you'll have to - to get decent speeds and pings), you'll just move the point of data collection.
Sure but if you have a VPN from a provider with enough customers I and use TLS to connect to websites, associating the browsing activity to a particular customer is difficult even for their ISP. Some of it could be traced back by traffic analysis, but it's at least more obscured than if you are using TLS from your own connection without a VPN.
* fool-proof
whoops. thanks!