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Re:Who Owns Express VPN, Nord, Surfshark? VPN Relationships ... by gruez on Monday October 06, 2025 @05:53PM (#45496736)
Protection from IP tracking, especially if your ISP doesn't do CGNAT. Of course there's a trade-off here between

a) your ISP (who knows your billing information) knowing which sites you visit, and any site you visit can correlate internet activity back to your household

b) your VPN provider knowing all the sites you visit

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Re:Who Owns Express VPN, Nord, Surfshark? VPN Relationships ... by Havoc on Monday October 06, 2025 @06:40PM (#45497117)
CGNAT won't save you in a world where everything is fingerprinted to within an inch of it's life.
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Re:Who Owns Express VPN, Nord, Surfshark? VPN Relationships ... by TurboSkyline on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @06:51AM (#45501558)
But a VPN, commercial or self-hosed, also won't stop fingerprinting. It changes your apparent IP address, but the rest of the characteristics of your device and browser stay the same.
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