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I’m not an expert but I think : The site you visit only sees the VPNs info. Which is how you maintain some anonymity while browsing. However, if your VPN keeps logs, then you can still be tracked, just at a different place. Some say they don’t keep logs, and you’d have to trust that.

RAM is considered volatile memory, so each time the server turns off, it loses all data. This is compared to disk (hard drives of whatever type) which retain memory even if the server turns off.

In theory, this ram only server prevents them from keeping logs (like which user went where) since the server wouldn’t even have a place to store it.

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t0m5k1@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
The site you visit only sees the VPNs info. Which is how you maintain some anonymity while browsing.

A VPN just changes your IP, all your browser info is still visible to the website.

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- trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  It does hide where your traffic is going to the ISP, no?
  
  Mullvad also has their own browser that has some security features that prevent fingerprinting while also keeping an okay level of usability.
  
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  - t0m5k1@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Yes, all the ISP will see is the vpn tunnel. If you don’t trust the ISP why are you with them?
    
    When you access a website with https the ISP will not see what happens inside that connection as it too is encrypted.
    
    If you run your own DNS server that uses root hints the ISP will see even less.
    
    By using a vpn you’re placing your trust on the provider and there is nothing stopping them filtering the outbound connection from all their VPN endpoints to collect and sell the meta data your hiding from you ISP.
    
    All VPN providers just talk about logging but nothing about meta data collection, funny that 🤔
    
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    trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    You live in a world where you should not use the internet ever
    
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jj4211@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Some say they don’t keep logs, and you’d have to trust that. Note that this same caveat applies for a VPN provider promising they are running diskless endpoints. Or that they don’t have some third party monitoring their stuff even if diskless. Or that a law enforcement agency can’t come along with a warrant to require them to monitor an account’s activity moving forward, even if logs are not possible.

If your online activity justifies this level of paranoia, there’s probably no meaningful protection available for your wants in practice. If your provider is operating in a jurisdiction that is problematic for your online activity, they can probably ultimately be compromised. If you are just using it to access a different country’s streaming library, you probably don’t need to be that paranoid. If you are trying to disguise illegal activity that is illegal in the jurisdiction of the VPN endpoint, well you are likely boned with logging or not.

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