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by jtymes 4117 days ago
Technically, I think they're correct with their definition[1]. However, they should be more explicit with the "Shared" part and have some better documentation rather than an announcement blog post[2], a community guide[3], and a moderator comment on that community guide [4]. Especially in today's privacy-conscious world.

Having said that, people who are concerned about privacy should always be validating their setups themselves. The maxim of "trust but verify" comes to mind.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_network

[2]: https://www.digitalocean.com/company/blog/introducing-privat...

[3]: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-...

[4]: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-...

1 comments

> Technically, I think they're correct with their definition.

I never said they weren't "technically correct," I said the name sucked and confused people [0].

They could also just use "Data Center LAN." No confusion there.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy