85
I hate how the privacy services shove in your face the "unprotected" word (lemmy.today)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
48 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

You disable the VPN, they show "unprotected", come on, I'm not really unprotected, why such a dramatic word, I just disabled the thing a little, I'm "disconnected" but it doesn't mean I'm actually unprotected, the same way it doesn't mean I'm actually protected if I'm using a VPN.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[+] [S] -7 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Virtual Private Network?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 5 child comments
    •
  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    Virtual wire from your PC to the provider. Nothing more, nothing less. And btw, the encryption of the "wire" doesn't protect against online tracking (and https is already encrypted).

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    and https is already encrypted

    But DNS is not, and even HTTPS is leaking info via the SNI

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    That's what i meant, the encrypted traffic doesn't help privacy.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago

    that's just outright bullshit.

    it already helps that most of the data in HTTPS traffic is encrypted, otherwise your network provider would see freely what user account do you use, to post what content, on what subforums.

    encrypting all traffic on the wire helps additionally to hide what websites you visit (DNS and SNI in HTTPS) and what kind of other web services you use. your local ISP will only see an opaque stream of data to a single VPN company.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent