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General_Effort@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

If identifying-information-storage was so vital, logless VPNs wouldn’t exist.

I see no technical reason why a VPN would need to store outgoing connections. I would be surprised if they didn’t store incoming connections, but I don’t actually know.

Anyway, just don’t make stuff up. You’re not making the world a better place. You ever heard of these Qanon guys? They made up a lot of shit and they didn’t make the world a better place.

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Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I see no technical reason why a VPN would need to store outgoing connections. I would be surprised if they didn’t store incoming connections, but I don’t actually know.

I do. Which is why I used that example. If you want to get really technical, they do store that information, but only for a very short time and only in RAM. That means that when the server power cycles or the system does garbage collection, those temporary logs are gone. Your personal incredulity or ignorance is not my problem.

Anyway, just don’t make stuff up. You’re not making the world a better place. You ever heard of these Qanon guys? They made up a lot of shit and they didn’t make the world a better place.

How dare you accuse me of being of the same caliber as Qanon. You don’t know me. Fuck off with your Reddit apologetics.

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- futatorius@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Arrogance aside, there are also technical reasons to persist connection data longer than would make sense in RAM. Supporting after-the-fact problem investigation is one big one. If your incident-reponse SLA is one working day, you need to keep the data at least that long.
  
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  - General_Effort@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Yes, but that’s not the only reason. It’s also done to track users; specifically to detect ban evasion and such things. Detecting DDoS attacks or scrapers might also be a purpose. Your instance only gives the first as a purpose, though. EU sites are legally required, per GDPR, to disclose such things.
    
    I don’t know how I should reply to this level of aggressive ignorance and willful disinformation in a way that does not appear arrogant.
    
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- General_Effort@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
  How dare you accuse me of being of the same caliber as Qanon. You don’t know me.
  
  I know that you recklessly spread disinformation and react to proposed facts with hostility rather than curiosity. I don’t know more about the qanon people either.
  
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  - Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Prove it.
    
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