Tor says it’s "still safe" amid reports of police deanonymizing users - eviltoast
  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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    3 months ago

    The VPN company themselves may not keep logs. However, they might be a little black box somewhere in the data center…

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      3 months ago

      As Proton made evident, VPNs can be legally compelled to start keeping logs on specific accounts as the result of a court order. So if you’re gonna do something incriminating, then I guess you should create a new account each time.

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        3 months ago

        That’s true but it also depends what attack vector you’re trying to defeat. If someone is doing a timing attack and you’re running through a VPN, it might be harder to work for them, depending on where they sit.