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Tunneling it through one hides the nature of that traffic from intermediary systems that it traverses from you up to that VPN exit point. There is a lot of m

*Tunneling* it through one hides the nature of that traffic from intermediary systems that it traverses from you up to that VPN exit point. There is a lot of metadata in packets that can be viewed by any interim hop, like your ISP, workplace IT security, ARP-cache-poisoned coffeeshop router, etc.

DEADMINCE 2y ago
> ARP-cache-poisoned coffeeshop router, etc. Eh, that's not really a thing anymore.
- ang_cire 2y ago
  Not for Starbucks, who does fancy per-user VLANs, but for your local spot that's using an AP-router-combo they bought at Best buy, it sure is.