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Obscura: VPN that can't log your activity

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  1. skaul · · focus · HN ↗
    So two hops, basically. First hop sees your IP address but not the website you&#x27;re going to, second hop sees website but not IP address. Similar to Private Relay: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;support.apple.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;102602" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;support.apple.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;102602.
    1. mulmen · · focus · HN ↗
      But if both services keep logs de-anonymization is a join.
      1. PunchyHamster · · focus · HN ↗
        They don&#x27;t even need to. If you observe enough of them you can correlate traffic patterns between them and find out which one is used by which endpoint
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