YⓄ乙 @aussie.zone to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoCan someone please explain why not to use Brave browser ?privacytests.orgexternal-linkmessage-square161fedilinkarrow-up1232arrow-down147file-textcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.mlvivaldi_browser@lemmy.mlcypherpunk@infosec.pubprivacy@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1185arrow-down1external-linkCan someone please explain why not to use Brave browser ?privacytests.orgYⓄ乙 @aussie.zone to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square161fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.mlvivaldi_browser@lemmy.mlcypherpunk@infosec.pubprivacy@lemmy.ml
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·1 year agoYour IP changes all the time unless you have a static IP in a fixed location
minus-squareAwwab@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoMost residential connections in my experience don’t change ips unless you disconnect the modem/router for long enough to lose the DHCP lease from the ISP. I guarantee most people are not going to bother doing that.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoIt really is just the flip of a coin. ipv4 addresses are running out so the ISPs have to play hot potato with the remaining ones
Your IP changes all the time unless you have a static IP in a fixed location
Most residential connections in my experience don’t change ips unless you disconnect the modem/router for long enough to lose the DHCP lease from the ISP. I guarantee most people are not going to bother doing that.
It really is just the flip of a coin. ipv4 addresses are running out so the ISPs have to play hot potato with the remaining ones