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minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·4 months agoNo everyone is using a VPN
minus-squareMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·4 months agoWell these programs actually ARE VPNs. I wonder if they provide any protection? Free VPN anyone?
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoProtection against what?
minus-squareMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·4 months agoDropping your pants to every site you visit, telling them where you live and who your Internet provider is, yadida yadida.
minus-squareFuck spez@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoIt’s not an actual VPN, it just tells the OS that it is and then routes traffic from blocked apps to 127.0.0.1 or 0.0.0.0 rather than a real VPN endpoint.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 months agoThat’s not how that works
No everyone is using a VPN
Well these programs actually ARE VPNs.
I wonder if they provide any protection? Free VPN anyone?
Protection against what?
Dropping your pants to every site you visit, telling them where you live and who your Internet provider is, yadida yadida.
It’s not an actual VPN, it just tells the OS that it is and then routes traffic from blocked apps to 127.0.0.1 or 0.0.0.0 rather than a real VPN endpoint.
That’s not how that works