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I was not actually presenting a scenario where my grandmother would use a VPN.
I was pointing out that this community is full of people who are perfectly capable of learning to use a VPN. In response to this comment:
That's a true statement about 'everyone' i.e. the entire population of the planet... but true about everyone here in this community.