• Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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        That’s true for a lot of services. Your IP address doesn’t really matter much. P2P is way better for performance.

        What are people going to do with your IP? The worst they can do is do a Geo lookup. However it doesn’t matter.

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          I could scan your network for vulnerabilities.

          I could anyway but knowing a target used a service like peertube increases the odds of unpatched hardware or self hosted services in my experience.

          If you’re using an older router you probably have a problem due to unpatched vulnerabilities.

          If you self host you might have a problem, as many package maintainers and developers lag a bit behind security patches.

          A good VPN provider will also block unusual ports.

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            You are welcome to scan my public IP. There are bots scanning it every few seconds. If there was a vulnerability it would be exploited in the matter of a few minutes.

            Also, you have no way of knowing who is behind a website. That’s why web browsers have strong security mechanisms. It is by necessity.

            VPNs do very little. However, VPN companies want to keep up the fear mongering to make money.

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              If there was a vulnerability it would be exploited in the matter of a few minutes.

              Around 10 minutes for an unpatched XP box with no firewall.

              Much longer for obscure vulnerabilities in routers or more difficult to exploit vulns in hosted software.

              It is also possible for vulnerabilities in peertube itself to exist, which will be an issue regardless of VPN use.

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      Probably because you don’t want your IP address to be associated with some of stuff on there.

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        Why? You aren’t committing a crime

        Maybe you shouldn’t vote since they have cameras at the booth

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              That would be illegal in Australia and I have to imagine most functional democracies since it has the potential to link voters to votes and undermine the electoral process.

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                Welcome to mass surveillance. It is not illegal if it is in the name of crime stopping. Whats worse is that Australia has laws that require companies to back door everything.

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                  Worth clarifying that it requires individuals to insert backdoors if told to, it’s not a blanket backdoor and frankly I’d be shocked if it held up in the high court.

                  Nothing ever makes it there though, and it’s full of baked in secrecy. I don’t use local or US services for anything where privacy is important for that reason.

                  Good thing Australia doesn’t have electronic voting, hey?