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Re:AWS to start charging for IPv4 usage, but critical servic... by exabrial on Friday November 10, 2023 @12:53PM (#38222064)
Doesn't that present a privacy issue? One can _casually_ infer who you are talking to merely by examining network traffic.
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Re:AWS to start charging for IPv4 usage, but critical servic... by lxgr on Friday November 10, 2023 @12:57PM (#38222129)
You're always free to use a relay for privacy reasons. Many common VoIP solutions allow just that.

IPv6 (or more generally, the absence of NAPT) just changes the switch label from "try [not] to use direct connections, unless NAT gets in the way" to "[always|never] use direct connections".

In other words, it cleanly separates the two distinct concerns of privacy and connection topology. I think that's a good thing.

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