Originally Posted by
Saab Dastard
I would disagree with that. Unless you are using a private VPN between 2 secure endpoints - e.g. home to office or a site-site VPN connecting 2 offices - it is no more secure than a "normal" connection.
Good point... perhaps I should have said 'slightly more secure'. The switch to https for a lot of websites has already done a lot to tighten security. A VPN might also make using a public or semi-public WiFi access point slightly more secure but even without it, anyone intercepting that connection would indeed still have to crack the encryption on the transmitted information.
I think I was trying to say that using a VPN full time on a device may be superfluous for many of us.