Post #3354252
2026-04-18 16:25 UTC
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@FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-18 16:55
> I would never use a VPN for sites that require me to log in with my real name, I think your point is valid and good. If you log in with your real name, you have given out your ID and have no privacy. But there can still be reasons to use VPNs for sites you will log into. I use a dedicated VPN for all such sites. My banking, utilities, insurance etc. I use that VPN for nothng else but sites tied to my real identity. Why? Because it bypasses the data harvesting my ISP does. My ISP collects everything I connect to, the domains I mean not the contents, and sells to data brokers. The fuckers. So here, I do not use a VPN for privacy from the sites, who must know me. I use it to stop my ISP from seeing certain things. But, I am also very careful! I do not cross the streams! My ID-tied VPN is only used for sites that have to know who I am IRL. I never mix it up with sites that have no business knowing my IRL ID. Which is most sites! Those use a totally different VPN, who I also did not give my identity to.
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@emotional_soup_88@programming.dev 2026-04-18 17:53
Are you trying to say that I'm leaving a fingerprint by using a VPN? How? My threat model doesn't require me to hide the fact that my real identity is using one.