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by adrianN 2 days ago
The point of VPNs often is hiding in the mass. Rolling your own kind of defeats that purpose.
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Even very basic browser fingerprinting will still identify you. The IP address is just one of many data points.
The point isn’t to hide yourself from the destination.

It’s to hide along the journey there.

Fingerprinting is usually insufficient for law enforcement.