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I remember recently using Cloudflare Warp and using one of those webpages that tell you your IP address and it showed my real IP address. It was a bit weird.

by fzfaa 4y ago

vbezhenar 4y ago
Warp is not designed to hide your address. If website is behind cloudflare, it'll know your IP address. If website is not behind cloudflare, your address will not be available.
- asldjajlfkj 4y ago
  There was some communication (forum,discord) that this would change in the future. Apparently the plan was or is to hide the IP from pages on Cloudflare as well. But no idea if that’s implemented yet.
- ceejayoz 4y ago
  That doesn’t sound right. https://blog.cloudflare.com/warp-for-desktop/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/warp-for-desktop/ > WARP was built on the philosophy that even people who don’t know what “VPN” stands for should be able to still easily get the protection a VPN offers.
  - tedunangst 4y ago
    Crazy that cloudflare's marketing wouldn't be entirely forthcoming.
  - Shank 4y ago
    > From a technical perspective, WARP is a VPN. But it is designed for a very different audience than a traditional VPN. WARP is not designed to allow you to access geo-restricted content when you’re traveling. It will not hide your IP address from the websites you visit. If you’re looking for that kind of high-security protection then a traditional VPN or a service like Tor are likely better choices for you. See: https://blog.cloudflare.com/announcing-warp-plus/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/announcing-warp-plus/
    - ceejayoz 4y ago
      "get the protection a VPN offers" seems like poor wording, then.
    - fzfaa 4y ago
      So it's a VPN but it doesn't do anything that you expect from a VPN? It doesn't let me access devices in a LAN, it doesn't hide my IP, it doesn't change my country... then what is Warp good for?
      - Dylan16807 4y ago
        It protects you from your local network and ISP, and makes some websites faster. Is the page not clear about that?
- fzfaa 4y ago
  Wow, that is really shady.
- Varloom 4y ago
  If you have the paid version you get anonymous IP, otherwise it uses you own IP. I use their own speed test page to check my IP and location of the cloudflare server I'm using. https://speed.cloudflare.com/ https://speed.cloudflare.com/
secondcoming 4y ago
I downloaded that recently to check it out and it crippled my 5G speeds too.

I remember recently using Cloudflare Warp and using one of those webpages that tell you your IP address and it showed my real IP address. It was a bit weird.

by fzfaa 4y ago

I remember recently using Cloudflare Warp and using one of those webpages that tell you your IP address and it showed my real IP address. It was a bit weird.

vbezhenar 4y ago

Warp is not designed to hide your address. If website is behind cloudflare, it'll know your IP address. If website is not behind cloudflare, your address will not be available.

asldjajlfkj 4y ago
There was some communication (forum,discord) that this would change in the future. Apparently the plan was or is to hide the IP from pages on Cloudflare as well. But no idea if that’s implemented yet.
ceejayoz 4y ago
That doesn’t sound right. https://blog.cloudflare.com/warp-for-desktop/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/warp-for-desktop/ > WARP was built on the philosophy that even people who don’t know what “VPN” stands for should be able to still easily get the protection a VPN offers.
- tedunangst 4y ago
  Crazy that cloudflare's marketing wouldn't be entirely forthcoming.
- Shank 4y ago
  > From a technical perspective, WARP is a VPN. But it is designed for a very different audience than a traditional VPN. WARP is not designed to allow you to access geo-restricted content when you’re traveling. It will not hide your IP address from the websites you visit. If you’re looking for that kind of high-security protection then a traditional VPN or a service like Tor are likely better choices for you. See: https://blog.cloudflare.com/announcing-warp-plus/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/announcing-warp-plus/
  - ceejayoz 4y ago
    "get the protection a VPN offers" seems like poor wording, then.
  - fzfaa 4y ago
    So it's a VPN but it doesn't do anything that you expect from a VPN? It doesn't let me access devices in a LAN, it doesn't hide my IP, it doesn't change my country... then what is Warp good for?
    - Dylan16807 4y ago
      It protects you from your local network and ISP, and makes some websites faster. Is the page not clear about that?
fzfaa 4y ago
Wow, that is really shady.
Varloom 4y ago
If you have the paid version you get anonymous IP, otherwise it uses you own IP. I use their own speed test page to check my IP and location of the cloudflare server I'm using. https://speed.cloudflare.com/ https://speed.cloudflare.com/

secondcoming 4y ago

I downloaded that recently to check it out and it crippled my 5G speeds too.