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Re:Tailscale Has Partnered with Mullvad by mixmastamyk on Saturday September 09, 2023 @01:16PM (#37447701)
Oh, how does that work? Sounds like the encrypted connection isn’t?
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Re:Tailscale Has Partnered with Mullvad by nerdbert on Monday September 18, 2023 @08:43PM (#37564319)
Trackers will share your IP with anyone who is trying to download the same file. This is more or less require in order for the protocol to work.

People/organizations run bots that pretend to be interested in popular downloads so that they can collect these IPs.

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