jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoNovel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purposearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10cross-posted to: security@lemmy.mlprivacy@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkNovel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purposearstechnica.comjeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square127fedilinkcross-posted to: security@lemmy.mlprivacy@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.ml
minus-squaredesktop_user [they/them] @lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year ago There are very little, if any, benefits to using a VPN service to browse the public internet. accessing services that are blocked in your region.
minus-squarelurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agothat works, but a regular SOCKS proxy should do. for HTTP even a HTTP proxy. many VPN providers offer them too, btw… may help with mitigating this attack vector.
accessing services that are blocked in your region.
that works, but a regular SOCKS proxy should do. for HTTP even a HTTP proxy. many VPN providers offer them too, btw… may help with mitigating this attack vector.