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  • Where are you getting free VM hosting?

    The comment was in reference to VPN services. Sadly, given theres no right to privacy, you must pay to not be tracked.

    i feel like most of your argument is rendered moot with encrypted dns solutions like DoH.

    You misunderstand. Large ISPs run their own DNS servers which are preconfigured into the devices they sell. They are the intended recipient and you’d just be encrypting it in transit to their servers.


  • Another reason to use a VPN is that ISPs have every motive to sell your browsing data and they do. Unlike many other groups tracking you, your ISP inherently has your meatspace name, address, and payment information making their data easily collatable and very valuable.

    If you use the default DNS on their provided router they can even tell if someone purchased an XBox, Playstation, or any other smart device just from update and telemetry lookups.

    As the article says, by using a VPN youre using someone else’s ISP making that info worthless.

    If your threat model includes preventing ad networks from gathering data, a VPN absolutely is a tool to prevent that. Do you have to pay for a service? Probably not if you’re technical enough; a VM in a data center is probably sufficient.





  • Midnight@slrpnk.netOPtobirding@lemmy.worldBald Eagles
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    1 year ago

    Its actually a juvenile bald eagle. As they age, their beak and feathers change color. The easy way to distinguish the two is that juveline bald eagles have bare legs without feathers.

    For the secret way to distingush them I’d have to say that some dickweed dumped some trash out in the open and look what birds showed up; its all bald eagles.