paraphrand@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoGoogle has a VPN service nowlemmy.worldimagemessage-square185fedilinkarrow-up1641arrow-down146
arrow-up1595arrow-down1imageGoogle has a VPN service nowlemmy.worldparaphrand@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square185fedilink
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoAll the traffic is now attributed to you, like it was before your self hosted VPN.
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoTo really hammer in the attribution? Haha
minus-squareL'unico Dee@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoThat’s a fact. But, in the first place, VPNs weren’t invented for privacy.
minus-squareL'unico Dee@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years 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-22 years 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
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