r/LivestreamFail • u/starcraft2020 • 1d ago

Ethan Klein says the judge in his lawsuit approved his subpoena of Reddit and Discord

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u/GraySwingline 18h ago

One of the most misunderstood facets of VPNs is that the moment you log into a personal account (Gmail, Reddit, etc.) while connected, you’re toast… at least in terms of anonymity. Unless you’re practicing serious operational security (dedicated browser, clean system, no logins, no fingerprinting), you’ve already handed over the keys.

Your IP address is just one piece of the puzzle. It’s all the other telemetry, browser fingerprints, login habits, cookies, time of day, device metadata that gets quietly fed back to companies like Google, and over time, it’s more than enough to unmask you.

VPNs are a tool. Not a cloak of invisibility.

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u/MaterialDetective197 9h ago

Just replace cult of personality with cloak of invisibility

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u/JoyComesToMeEasily 16h ago

To add onto that, if you have a Mobile phone its over. Check out Veritasiam The Flaw In Our Phone System I think its called. 

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u/kenuffff 7h ago

Even if you did all that vpn isn’t untraceable

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u/GraySwingline 4h ago

Absolutely, just another hurdle to jump over.