My VPN is on for all sites, including this one. It is for my protection and privacy while I'm on the internet. If spying on me is that important to them, then they don't want me there since they have no need to know what I'm doing elsewhere off of their site. Only a fool does not want to protect themselves in this day and age. Trackers, maleware, ransom ware, censorship, and all other bad things I wish to avoid is why I have the VPN along with encrypted email and anti-virus protection. And I just signed up for lifelock through work since I get it at a discount through them. One can never be too careful or too prepared.
Everything in our lives are connected through the internet now, do you really want to leave the door open to your life?
I no longer need TonyMac, I have AMD OSX!