@anajames

Heavens yes!

Example 1: Public WIFI. God knows what malware might try to invade your device at starbucks

Example 2: Advertising/Tracking

Example 3: If you live in a country that censors

Example 4: peer 2 peer file sharing w/ respect to invasion of privacy of your internet traffic (also falls under example #2).

Example 5: Sometimes you can get speed increases due to different routes regionally different from your regular ISP.