Microsoft Edge Secure Network VPN promises built-in privacy, but a security researcher says it behaves like a browser proxy than a full VPN.
  • humorlessrepost@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months 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.

    • parzival@lemmy.orgEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Mine only sends those for torrenting, that doesn’t need much scrutiny to detect

    • The_Decryptor@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      4 months ago

      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.

      • humorlessrepost@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        4 months ago

        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.