• lapis [fae/faer, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    the whole purpose of a VPN is to anonymize internet traffic, so they have many servers that send traffic out to the internet, which improves both anonymity and bandwidth. I2P is more akin to Tor, with anonymizing internet traffic as a bit of an afterthought, and the limited number of internet-connecting nodes makes users’ traffic more trackable.

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      2 months ago

      What you’re talking about is supposed anonymity in obfuscation, and that has been proven to not work.

      Also, most VPN companies keep logs and can be subpoenaed. Not all, but most. I2P is meant to anonymize your traffic, so I do not see the point of your statement

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        2 months ago

        What you’re talking about is supposed anonymity in obfuscation, and that has been proven to not work.

        if it’s been proven not to work, then neither I2P nor VPN is worth using, no?

        most VPN companies keep logs and can be subpoenaed.

        well, sure, but that’s why anybody looking into a VPN is generally advised to use specific, known-good VPN providers who don’t keep logs and who, preferably, aren’t headquartered in a country with strict IP law.