Re: OT: VPN questionww
On Saturday 16 August 2025 12:57:41 pm Andy Smith wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 05:40:33PM +0200, john doe wrote:
> > Note that VPN providers will know what web site you are looking at.
>
> Maybe yes, maybe no.
>
> The Internet is increasingly centralised with for example so many web
> sites served by Cloudflare. The host and URL that the browser requests
> is done inside the https connection so all the VPN provider sees is a
> port 443 connection to some Cloudflare IP address.
I have noticed that a fair amount lately as well. On this older machine (with older versions of software) I often get an outright refusal to load the URL at all, telling me that I need to upgrade my browser...
The other thing that happens is I get a "403 Forbidden" error. This does not happen if I use, say, konqueror (which I sometimes use as a file manager here). Some sites that just won't load under firefox will load just fine there.
(... )
> So in fact I am personally more concerned about the vast trove of user
> data that Cloudflare has as opposed to any individual VPN provider.
Yes.
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