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VPNs are "data mixers" - by combining all your traffic with others, it becomes harder to determine who sent which packets.

Honestly, why can't we just have the government know every single website we visit immediately? We all have nothing to hide



"Data laundering" is not against the law though; money laundering is


Yes, money laundering is illegal because money laundering is defined by the criminal code.

Obscuring the source of a transaction is not always money laundering.

My credit card would suck if everyone I did business with knew about all my present and future transactions too.


> VPNs are "data mixers" - by combining all your traffic with others

If a VPN is used to help North Korea, and the developers won’t or can’t shut it down, yes, it will be sanctioned. More broadly, speech is generally protected under U.S. law in a way financial transactions are not.




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