Post #3354263

2026-04-19 03:14 UTC

Is there a particular reason to avoid crossing the streams here? As I understood it, exiting the VPN lumps everyone using that node together, so of doesn't matter if you're logging in from a node that's torrenting, they'd have to make a solid case that you were the only person connected to that node.

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@FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-19 14:08

Yah, I believe you are right. Everyone will exit on the same IP. So maybe it's not totally necessary. Part of my reason was, I wanted a VPN inside my country for my identity tied use. To avoid possible geo-blocks. But for non-identity use, I wanted to use a VPN in Europe. Also I hoed, maybe it makes life slightly harder for identity brokers? Like, they can track that I use a certain IP for my ID-tied uses. Even if there are also 100 others on that IP, it's still data which can form part of a fingerprint. For my non-identity use, I wanted to minimize anything to tie the two worlds together. I use a different browser and different device, even. I'm not doing anything wrong, or illegal, or unethical. I'm just a normal ass person, but I fucking *hate* identity brokers and mass surveilance.

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