Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoPrivacy researcher debunks Microsoft Edge’s free VPN marketing, says it's "NOT a VPN"www.windowslatest.comexternal-linkmessage-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up1486arrow-down17
arrow-up1479arrow-down1external-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 days agomessage-square43linkfedilink
minus-squareThe_Decryptor@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days 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 days 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.