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The focus of the article is that most web traffic now uses HTTPS and not HTTP. So the
content of that traffic is no longer subject to sniffing. That's true.

It does mention the other uses of VPN (location hiding, et al). And that those reasons persist.

It doesn't mention DNS lookups, but that's not uncommon in articles like this.

It also doesn't mention that HTTPS traffic hides the content but not the addresses of the
traffic. If it did that, then they'd also have to mention that more and more of the content
of the Internet is now hosted by CDNs (content delivery network), so even knowing the IP
address of who you're talking with is often not the same as knowing what "host" you are
talking with.

It also mentions that the ads for VPNs are garbage. That's absolutely true. It's astonishing
how much fear they try and instill and how inflated they say their value-added is.

Sadly I've rarely read a good review of the risks of using a VPN. You're putting a lot of
trust in that vendor.