LuminousLuddite@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoUtah first state to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs — law goes into effect, designed to prevent bypassing age checkswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square332linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareqaeta@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoLike with phone carriers, ISPs can see the numbers (IPs) you are connecting to. If you use a VPN, you’re always connecting to the same IP, which is unusual from a regular user perspective and would tend to indicate VPN usage.
minus-squarePyrodexter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 months ago If you use a VPN, you’re always connecting to the same IP No, you’re not. A VPN provider can have hundreds of thousands of IP:s. which is unusual OK, but not unheard of. And even a dynamic IP might remain the same for months, if not years, depending on the operator. would tend to indicate VPN usage No, it wouldn’t.
minus-squareqaeta@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoCongrats on technically understanding how a VPN can work while completely misunderstanding how most public ones work in practice!
Like with phone carriers, ISPs can see the numbers (IPs) you are connecting to. If you use a VPN, you’re always connecting to the same IP, which is unusual from a regular user perspective and would tend to indicate VPN usage.
No, you’re not. A VPN provider can have hundreds of thousands of IP:s.
OK, but not unheard of. And even a dynamic IP might remain the same for months, if not years, depending on the operator.
No, it wouldn’t.
Congrats on technically understanding how a VPN can work while completely misunderstanding how most public ones work in practice!