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The truth about VPNs? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

So I'm pretty recent to the high seas but I've seen a few posts now about "stop relying on your VPN" and "people that think VPNs will protect them are naive" and so on.

So since I believe knowledge is our greatest weapon/tool/super-power, can we get some answers regarding what exactly the doomsayers are getting at? ELI5 why VPNs wouldn't protect your anonymity.

Is it about logging? The country your end-point is in? Something more technical?

Ultimately I'd like to be fully armed in order to keep making the best choices for my fledgling ship as it navigates the vast, stormy seas.

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[-] bandario@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago

Spot on. All you need to do is change adaptor in your torrent client so that it is only allowed to work with the virtual network adaptor set up by your VPN software. That way even when your connection falters, it's never allowed to send a single packet via your raw network adaptor.

[-] RSVPN@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

This is the answer.

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