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Reading e-book w/ library account private? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Do ISP and library know what we read when we borrow books from platforms, such as Overdrive, with public library accounts? p.s. first post + app glitch can't enter new line.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Allthough not a pro but vpns are mostly mandatory for p2p filesharing as in most countries, downloading can be a problem, but sharing will screw you big time.

So, a vpn secures (ideall) all traffic from your pc to the vpn host. You then use the vpn hosts isp and so on (in a country where your government cant ask for your data ideally).

I‘m not sure how it works for https exactly. What if you download a file, especially.

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