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[–] qaeta@lemmy.ca 1 point 6 months ago (3 children)

Like with phone carriers, ISPs can see the numbers (IPs) you are connecting to. If you use a VPN, you're always connecting to the same IP, which is unusual from a regular user perspective and would tend to indicate VPN usage.

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[–] Pyrodexter@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

If you use a VPN, you’re always connecting to the same IP

No, you're not. A VPN provider can have hundreds of thousands of IP:s.

which is unusual

OK, but not unheard of. And even a dynamic IP might remain the same for months, if not years, depending on the operator.

would tend to indicate VPN usage

No, it wouldn't.

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[–] qaeta@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Congrats on technically understanding how a VPN can work while completely misunderstanding how most public ones work in practice!

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[–] Pyrodexter@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago

You keep telling yourself that.

Sure, there are some specialized anonymity-focused VPN providers that only have a few IP addresses in order to have as many users behind each IP as possible, but that's definitely not "most public ones".

Here's the IP addresses I got from my provider just by reconnecting the VPN three times without even changing my virtual location:

It's weird how eagerly people speaking completely out of their asses tend to double down when called out. Even if that would have been true, your original claim still would not work at all.