litteraly the first result i got lol…

Yeah I spotted the same haha, just fount it by looking around for results including that key in specific. Thanks for clarifying all of this, its been quite helpful!

Thanks very much for the clarification! I did try to register my own API key, and look around Google documentation to find the same one, but wasn’t able to. Also weren’t aware of there being such API keys, and software I was using was flagging this as a medium severity - so I ofc thought it was worse than it was/is… Anyway, thanks for answering my question :=)

I only mentioned chrome due to the recent shenanigans with their “incognito mode”.

A VPN isn’t magically solving all privacy and security issues. Personally, I would trust Mullvad, Proton and IVPN with my data over my ISP. They’ve been audited, and they’ve been put to test multiple times, and not been able to give away data. But it all really boils down to personal needs, and each to their own on that. If you don’t want a VPN, then don’t buy into one.