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A VPN is completely different from the messaging applications.

A VPN will protect data leakage from other applications, and potentially help out a little against DPI and dns logs.

> So why use these apps?

Because (theoretically) Signal/Wickr cannot read your messages. Meanwhile facebook has access to all Facebook Messenger conversations, even if you used a VPN.



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