Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoPrivacy researcher debunks Microsoft Edge’s free VPN marketing, says it's "NOT a VPN"www.windowslatest.comexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
arrow-up18arrow-down1external-linkPrivacy researcher debunks Microsoft Edge’s free VPN marketing, says it's "NOT a VPN"www.windowslatest.comSahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square21linkfedilink
minus-squarehumorlessrepost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days ago If you’re at home or whatever it offers effectively no benefits Porn. Also my ISP sniffs packets enough to send copyright complaints, so I’d rather outsource that exposure to a country with privacy laws.
minus-squareThe_Decryptor@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoThis isn’t sending your packets anywhere but their closest datacenter, not sure I’d trust MS (Or rather, Cloudflare) with your porn rather than your ISP who you’re actually paying.
minus-squarehumorlessrepost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoFor porn (in most of the us), the goal is geolocation spoofing to avoid ID requirements, not anonymity. That said, I doubt edge achieves even that, since they likely keep their servers in the states. I was more talking about VPNs broadly.
Porn.
Also my ISP sniffs packets enough to send copyright complaints, so I’d rather outsource that exposure to a country with privacy laws.
This isn’t sending your packets anywhere but their closest datacenter, not sure I’d trust MS (Or rather, Cloudflare) with your porn rather than your ISP who you’re actually paying.
For porn (in most of the us), the goal is geolocation spoofing to avoid ID requirements, not anonymity.
That said, I doubt edge achieves even that, since they likely keep their servers in the states. I was more talking about VPNs broadly.