paraphrand@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoGoogle has a VPN service nowlemmy.worldimagemessage-square241fedilinkarrow-up1700arrow-down151
arrow-up1649arrow-down1imageGoogle has a VPN service nowlemmy.worldparaphrand@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square241fedilink
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoAll the traffic is now attributed to you, like it was before your self hosted VPN.
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoTo really hammer in the attribution? Haha
minus-squareL'unico Deelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThat’s a fact. But, in the first place, VPNs weren’t invented for privacy.
minus-squareL'unico Deelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt also depens on what informations the host has about you. Bare minimum is the IP, but it isn’t really an identification
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoIf you’re hosting a VPN in your house, all traffic is going to/from your device and your home encrypted, and your home and the isp unencrypted. Since it’s in your home, everything you do on the VPN tunnel can be seen on the other side by your isp. E: autocorrect corrections
Selfhost your VPN!
All the traffic is now attributed to you, like it was before your self hosted VPN.
But that extra layer, man!
To really hammer in the attribution? Haha
That’s a fact. But, in the first place, VPNs weren’t invented for privacy.
It also depens on what informations the host has about you. Bare minimum is the IP, but it isn’t really an identification
If you’re hosting a VPN in your house, all traffic is going to/from your device and your home encrypted, and your home and the isp unencrypted. Since it’s in your home, everything you do on the VPN tunnel can be seen on the other side by your isp.
E: autocorrect corrections