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Thoughts on the recent Swiss law that might require ProtonVPN to start blocking certain domains? (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago by CapitalNumbers@lemm.ee to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Seems that the Swiss legislature may pass a law requiring ProtonVPN to start banning certain domains from being access by French users (mostly illegal sports streaming sites)

For those using ProtonVPN, is the writing on the wall?

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[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Every single one of those temporary IP addresses has the same prefix, which traces back to you.

Its about as anonymous as adding an apartment number to your own street address.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes and no. The deal is your last part is your MAC. So when your extension changes they can still track you over any ipv6 connection. The privacy extension changes the last bit so you can't be tracked over any connection.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

the whole point of privacy extensions is that it replaces the MAC with a random something. the address is totally unrelated to the MAC

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 year ago

That assumes that the prefix is static which it isn't. It also assumes that you are the only one with that prefix which isn't necessarily the case. It makes it much harder to track compared to a static IP that is tied to your device.

If you are the only one using a static prefix then it is less useful but chances are that prefix is shared among lots of users and devices.