Comment on What's the difference between a proxy and a VPN
xmunk@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago* with a slight hiccup since nearly all web traffic is sent over HTTPS now - this distinction was a lot more significant ten years ago.
Comment on What's the difference between a proxy and a VPN
xmunk@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago* with a slight hiccup since nearly all web traffic is sent over HTTPS now - this distinction was a lot more significant ten years ago.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
You won’t know what’s in the note, but you can snoop enough to know which two people are passing the notes back and fourth. Https won’t save you from letting me know you keep getting on furries.com or catching you downloading copyrighted material. A VPN will.
xmunk@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
A VPN may protect you. It depends if you trust the host. Even with a trusted VPN, however, dedicated snooping at the exit node may secretly reveal my deep love of furries.com - thank god that’s a secret though.
BackOnMyBS@lemmy.autism.place 2 weeks ago
that’s fine because i don’t download copyrighted material. everything on furries.com is freely available.