VPN's What do they know?

[Speedo]

If you go through a vpn then I guess they know all your data? So I guess it's the same as openDNS?

I don't know about you but I like to have my ips close. If they leak or other way fucks up I'm only a trainride away to punch them in the face. I like my dns close.

[ca_aok]

Yes, the VPN will see your data (SSL will still protect things like login info, etc). Basically, you put your faith in the VPN provider that they won't turn your ass over to the authorities if they get a copyright letter.

But no, it's not the same as openDNS at all. OpenDNS just gives you alternative DNS servers, all of your actual traffic still goes through your ISP.

[anon]

PPTP is known to leak DNS data sometimes, so if you're going to pay for a VPN service, make sure it's OpenVPN-based or at least lets you use that to connect. You can then set the DNS servers you want to use (among a plethora of other settings) from the config file.

[ca_aok]

Any SSL based VPN would be fine, not just OpenVPN :P