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This makes zero sense. Google is the one you need to protect yourself from.
A VPN doesn't really protect you from Google though. They get their data through trackers, which doesn't get blocked by a VPN. Obviously I'd still not use a Google VPN, because who knows what they'd do with that data
No one knows what any VPN provider would do with that data so that's not google exclusive.
Selfhost your VPN!
All the traffic is now attributed to you, like it was before your self hosted VPN.
But that extra layer, man!
To really hammer in the attribution? Haha
That's a fact. But, in the first place, VPNs weren't invented for privacy.
It also depens on what informations the host has about you. Bare minimum is the IP, but it isn't really an identification
If you're hosting a VPN in your house, all traffic is going to/from your device and your home encrypted, and your home and the isp unencrypted. Since it's in your home, everything you do on the VPN tunnel can be seen on the other side by your isp.
E: autocorrect corrections
Idk... maybe not great for privacy but I just test it (I have been a subscriber for a while and didn't know there was a VPN) and it bypasses my country blocks of certain piracy pages so so far it's kind of usefull.
Just be careful with that. If Google is logging your sessions, then your country's government can request that data. The idea that Google wouldn't keep logs is laughable.
Sure, I don't care in my case tough. It's not illegal to access them even tough they are blocked.
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