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Obscura: VPN that can't log your activity

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barathr · 1790109149 · focus · HN ↗
As others have pointed out, this is like Apple iCloud Private Relay, and other multi-hop privacy systems that have been built on and off over the last several decades (Tor included).
We wrote a research paper on the general principle a few years ago: <a href="https://conferences.sigcomm.org/hotnets/2022/papers/hotnets22_schmitt.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://conferences.sigcomm.org/hotnets/2022/papers/hotnets2...
1. dongcarl · 1790109548 · focus · HN ↗
  Good to see you here Barath :-)
  I didn't realize Chris Wood was also an author!
2. dang · 1790122464 · focus · HN ↗
  Discussed (just a bit) at the time:
  The Decoupling Principle: A Practical Privacy Framework [pdf] - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33897450">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33897450 - Dec 2022 (3 comments)
  Perhaps we should arrange a new thread about this?
  1. barathr · 1790180091 · focus · HN ↗
    Happy to discuss further if it's of interest.
    dang · 1790183011 · focus · HN ↗
    Sure! We should just wait long enough (perhaps a couple of months) so the effects of the current thread wear off and it won't feel like a follow-up anymore. If you want to, you'd be welcome to email us then and we could arrange a new thread - similar to what I said at <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49807631">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49807631 (on a completely different topic of course!)
    barathr · 1790185932 · focus · HN ↗
    Sounds good.

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