A simple metaphor for VPNs is that you're paranoid about someone keeping track of what you buy at the supermarket, so now you pay someone to buy stuff for you in order to "protect your privacy" If you think about it for a sec you get the issuehttps://twitter.com/zackwhittaker/status/1309485850779152390?s=20 …
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Like, it may or may not have been true there was someone keeping track of your purchases before But now there DEFINITELY is -- the rando you just hired to go to the market for you And moreover, said rando KNOWS FOR A FACT THAT YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT THIS
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Like holy shit this is basic shit You know the easiest way blackmailers find people to blackmail? They go advertising themselves as altruistic do-gooders whose job it is to protect you from being blackmailed
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The metaphor covers all the problems with this honestly Like, all you're doing is paying the guy to buy your shopping list for you The store *still knows what the purchases are*, they *have to*, you're buying it from them
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So if an evil government takes over and demands Kroeger hand over the list of everyone who's bought gouda cheese to the feds... The list still exists All they have to do is tell them "Oh it's that guy who buys gouda in bulk, he's probably buying for everyone in the nieghborhood"
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Replying to @arthur_affect
i know it's a typo but for a minute i got my wires crossed while reading your post and invented a scenario where the Nickelback dude is the cheese dealer
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His career never really recovered from all the YouTube dragging
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