News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on SponsorBlock – skip sponsor segments on YouTube. Parent comment

Re:SponsorBlock – skip sponsor segments on YouTube by wzdd on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @05:21AM (#41244206)
> how is it any more secure than https?

Using a VPN doesn't expose the domain names you're viewing (via SNI) or the IP addresses you're connecting to to your ISP. It also (therefore) doesn't expose to the ISP the volume of traffic you're sending to a particular site, when you connect to it, or how long you stay there.

Whether your ISP is part of the threat model you're interested in mitigating is up to you personally, but this is how, depending on that model, a VPN can be more secure than HTTPS.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:SponsorBlock – skip sponsor segments on YouTube by voidUpdate on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @05:38AM (#41244304)
Instead it exposes them all to the VPN company instead. You've just moved the attack point to another company
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:SponsorBlock – skip sponsor segments on YouTube by saywhanow on Thursday August 15, 2024 @07:39AM (#41254862)
If I’m sailing the high seas and my ISP gets irritated, that’s a problem. If my VPN provider does, next.
[ Parent | on HN ]