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Obscura: VPN that can't log your activity

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  1. Wowfunhappy · · focus · HN ↗
    > Exit servers (run by Mullvad) connect you to the internet but never see your personal info. Obscura masks your real IP address when relaying to the exit server.

    How is this possible? If the exit server doesn't know your IP, how does it know where to send the traffic?

    1. dongcarl · · focus · HN ↗
      (Carl from Obscura here)

      Basically:

      Your device <-> Obscura Relay <-> Mullvad Exit <-> Internet

      So the exit server knows the IP of the Obscura Relay, but never sees your device's IP, lmk if that's clear!

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