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By all means then, let's do nothing, because someone else might do something. That's a race to the bottom.

jethro_tell 7y ago
If you find that necessary, feel free to do that, but do it as a conscious choice. I've worked in datacenters that hosted VPS providers, that had Verizon and Centurylink/L3 as their cross connects. Here's a nice list of Tier1 internet providers, these guys are going to do the bulk of transit for most data centers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tier_1_network#List_of_Tier_1_networks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tier_1_network#List_of_Tier_1_... There's still going to be direct connect at the various peering points, so in this case, you'll get a direct connect from your provider to say google, but that's already in a TLS connection and google already has your IP address or probably your specific street address as does your VPN provider. So I'm not sure what the point is. You'll get the same thing for amazon and netfilx and facebook but again, all TLS and I don't know that you're gaining much since you've already got a positive ID on you with the tracking these days. If, in fact, they don't have a positive id, They'll have one pretty quickly and perhaps tag you to a VPN IP which they will know is a VPN because the positive tracking has matched you with your CC and your real address as well as all the other people connecting through said VPN from geographically disparate locations. Basically if you sign into a single account over your VPN, then the cats out of the back and if you don't then the cat is PROBABLY out of the bag. I check out these VPS providers that pop up here and there but there's never a mention of their transit, they are just using whatever the datacenter has, and most of them have the same backbone providers as the last mile. So, while this may be necessary for some people, You'll often see people make this decision thinking it grants the privacy when it doesn't really change that part of their situation. I think it can be a dangerous part of discussion since it's not clear to most people what's actually happening.

If you find that necessary, feel free to do that, but do it as a conscious choice. I've worked in datacenters that hosted VPS providers, that had Verizon and Centurylink/L3 as their cross connects. Here's a nice list of Tier1 internet providers, these guys are going to do the bulk of transit for most data centers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tier_1_network#List_of_Tier_1_networks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tier_1_network#List_of_Tier_1_... There's still going to be direct connect at the various peering points, so in this case, you'll get a direct connect from your provider to say google, but that's already in a TLS connection and google already has your IP address or probably your specific street address as does your VPN provider. So I'm not sure what the point is. You'll get the same thing for amazon and netfilx and facebook but again, all TLS and I don't know that you're gaining much since you've already got a positive ID on you with the tracking these days. If, in fact, they don't have a positive id, They'll have one pretty quickly and perhaps tag you to a VPN IP which they will know is a VPN because the positive tracking has matched you with your CC and your real address as well as all the other people connecting through said VPN from geographically disparate locations. Basically if you sign into a single account over your VPN, then the cats out of the back and if you don't then the cat is PROBABLY out of the bag. I check out these VPS providers that pop up here and there but there's never a mention of their transit, they are just using whatever the datacenter has, and most of them have the same backbone providers as the last mile. So, while this may be necessary for some people, You'll often see people make this decision thinking it grants the privacy when it doesn't really change that part of their situation. I think it can be a dangerous part of discussion since it's not clear to most people what's actually happening.