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Re:Comcast, AT&T and Verizon pose a greater surveillance ris... by trsse on Friday April 06, 2018 @03:58PM (#16776841)
In practice this isn't much of a problem, and I get it with Netflix. I turn off my VPN if I am watching Netflix on my computer and I don't think my privacy suffers too much for it. It feels bad not to have 100% coverage but I honestly don't care who knows what I watch / how often I watch Netflix.
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Re:Comcast, AT&T and Verizon pose a greater surveillance ris... by rmcpherson on Friday April 06, 2018 @04:13PM (#16776966)
It is more of a problem if you want to run the VPN on your router upstream of your devices, which simplifies management and ensures all devices are protected from ISP snooping, including devices where I don't control the software like a Chromecast.

I had to disable router-level vpn for exactly this reason, which is frustrating.

Amusingly enough, when I did have it on, my Chromecast showed weather data for the vpn endpoint so it's using IP-based geolocation for weather. It could be smarter.

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Re:Comcast, AT&T and Verizon pose a greater surveillance ris... by troncjb on Friday April 06, 2018 @05:07PM (#16777446)
> my Chromecast showed weather data for the vpn endpoint

That is pretty awesome. I feel your pain and that is why I haven't gone and flashed my router even though I finally bought one that will let me.

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