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[Shitpost] Government bodies that block your VPN (programming.dev)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by emotional_soup_88@programming.dev to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I'm using Mullvad because I like their company. F***! These is no way I can formulate this sentence without it sounding weird...

Anyway!

It seems like the state's websites and the municipalities' websites allow Mullvad but the counties' websites block it.

What the actual f.... 😂

What's the situation in YOUR country/region? Are you able to do taxes, surf on healthcare related websites (hospitals etc) and on government bodies' sites without issues?

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[–] emotional_soup_88@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Your bank now knows your ID. Now they know the IP address of your VPN exit node and your browser fingerprint. Theoretically if they give that information to Google (or more likely, both Google and your bank give your information to Peter Thiel) then Palantir can track you despite using a VPN.

Who knows how realistic this scenario is, but why chance it when your bank is also going to suspect you of fraud every time you log in via VPN.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

they are tracking you with a VPN whether you want to admit it or not. Or how does a VPN stop tracking. And what stops the VPN from doing exactly what you say your ISP is doing.

[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

they are tracking you with a VPN whether you want to admit it or not. Or how does a VPN stop tracking.

They hide your IP address from the sites you visit. IIRC they also use the same IP address for multiple users for further mix things up. You aren't necessarily untrackable with a VPN, but if you're IP address is out in the open you are 100% trackable.

And what stops the VPN from doing exactly what you say your ISP is doing.

Nothing technically. But there are three reasons why your VPN is more trustworthy.

They trade on trust. Selling your data would undermine their entire selling point.
The ISP's are openly doing it so a whisteblower would be meaningless, your VPN is not openly selling your data.
Your ISP has a monopoly (in America) so they can do whatever they want. Your VPN doesn't. Changing a VPN is not only possible but extremely easy.