Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoPrivacy researcher debunks Microsoft Edge’s free VPN marketing, says it's "NOT a VPN"www.windowslatest.comexternal-linkmessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up1493
arrow-up1493external-linkPrivacy researcher debunks Microsoft Edge’s free VPN marketing, says it's "NOT a VPN"www.windowslatest.comSahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square44linkfedilink
minus-squareThe_Decryptor@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months 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-up3·edit-22 months 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.
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.