| ▲ | Exit IP VPN servers mitigation rollout(mullvad.net) |
| 98 points by Cider9986 2 hours ago | 15 comments |
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| ▲ | john_strinlai an hour ago | parent | next [-] |
| it should probably link to this: https://mullvad.net/en/blog/exit-ip-fingerprinting-between-v... which is the blog post, rather than a list of exit servers related to this post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48143880 |
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| ▲ | opem an hour ago | parent [-] | | The page already contains link to both of these resources | | |
| ▲ | john_strinlai 27 minutes ago | parent [-] | | right. but one of those resources contains much more context than the other, making it much more suitable for the submission link. |
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| ▲ | mjevans an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I'd really like some version of E.G. Librewolf configured to spoof the exact SAME information no matter who's using it. Like standard resolution for a 1080p monitor, the same GPU profile, Allow device timing stuff to work but with a fixed profile etc. Effectively, stop spoofing random data, start spoofing still useful but not for finger printing data. |
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| ▲ | willis936 17 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Is this at all related to Wyden's recent congressional warning? Are any other VPN providers speaking up on this? https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/wyden_letter_to_g... |
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| ▲ | andrewstuart an hour ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Do VPNs pay retail ISPs for exit points? |
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| ▲ | TkTech an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | No, not usually. Few ISPs are willing to risk blacklisting. Just like scrapers (and a lot of VPNs are quietly using their custom VPN clients to sell your own IP [and data] to scrapers) it's mostly a "don't ask don't tell" situation for IP sourcing. You use a multitude of IP providers and if a scandal happens you just say "We didn't know!" and move on to the next. Almost always grey-market, very rarely through legitimate providers. | | |
| ▲ | r_lee 26 minutes ago | parent [-] | | why is this downvoted? I'm not aware of a single ISP that would willingly let VPN providers use their ip blocks for their exit nodes | | |
| ▲ | john_strinlai 16 minutes ago | parent [-] | | >why is this downvoted? mullvad is beloved by many. if you read the above comment too quickly, it may appear that TkTech is implying that mullvad surreptitiously harvests user data and sells it, rather than speaking generally about the shadier side of consumer vpns. |
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| ▲ | dtech an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | Not retail ISPs, but many extensions and free VPNs route VPN traffic through the connections of those who use them. | | |
| ▲ | joxdosba an hour ago | parent [-] | | This isn’t correct, the residential IPs are a completely separate and vastly more expensive product. | | |
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