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Re:VPNs on iOS are a scam by agileAlligator on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @03:13AM (#32493236)
Huh

So HTTPS doesn't really stop tracking, it only prevents people from snooping on what data you are sending to and receiving from the website

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Re:VPNs on iOS are a scam by rayhaanj on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @03:53AM (#32493541)
There has been some work on encrypted server name indication: https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-is-encrypted-sn...
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Re:VPNs on iOS are a scam by hnzix on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @03:22AM (#32493296)
I use CloudFlare's 1.1.1.1 DNS to mitigate my ISP tracking the domains I visit. They have an iPhone app too. I don't know enough about the space to say whether it's 100% effective.
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Re:VPNs on iOS are a scam by fpoling on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @05:40AM (#32494148)
Again, due to SNI tracking sites that one visits is possible even if DNS traffic is encrypted. At the very least one needs for the site to support ESNI or encrypted-site-name-identification.

But then in practice for ESNI to be effective one needs for the site to use CDN or similar solutions to ensure that there are a lot of sites for the given IP.

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