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minus-squarePowderhorn@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoAll I expect from my VPN is protection from my ISP seeing exactly what I’m doing and selling those data to advertisers. If true anonymity online is doable, there are far more steps to take to achieve it.
minus-squareI_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·22 hours agoI2P seems like a better solution, but it doesn’t have a strong network yet
minus-squareTehPers@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 hours agoMore complicated Tor, but super cool. It uses garlic routing rather than onion routing to further anonymize packets. It’s worth reading into what it is (and especially those two terms) to get a better understanding.
minus-squareTechnoCat@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·17 hours agoI suppose it is this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I2P
All I expect from my VPN is protection from my ISP seeing exactly what I’m doing and selling those data to advertisers. If true anonymity online is doable, there are far more steps to take to achieve it.
I2P seems like a better solution, but it doesn’t have a strong network yet
What’s I2P?
More complicated Tor, but super cool. It uses garlic routing rather than onion routing to further anonymize packets.
It’s worth reading into what it is (and especially those two terms) to get a better understanding.
I suppose it is this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I2P