Originally Posted by
Dread Pirate Jeff
This is probably true, but aside from the obvious benefit of location swapping to use Geo-locked things, a VPN is kinda like a condom. Sure, the chances of you getting an STD from connecting to that random free public hotspot in $RANDOM_CAFE is pretty slim, but why take the chance? .
Connecting to a network is not going to give you malware*. That's just plain silly.
*assuming you are like 99.9% of the population and a nation state's intelligence service isn't after you