[K0nserv]

As discussed in the thread[0] on this from the other day it's largely FUD.

Fundamentally a VPN service allows you greater control over who you trust with your traffic. You always have to trust someone[1]. For example I trust F-Secure and the Finnish court system much more than I trust Virgin Media, GHCQ and the British court system which is why I run Freedome and route my traffic through Finland. As pointed out in another subthread here UK ISP are required to collect a bunch of data by the Snooper's Charter, the same is not true in Finland.

0: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16371030

1: The default for many people is their local ISP which might or might not be a good entity to trust based on where you are. In many place you also have very few choice when it comes to your ISP.