On 10/18/2015 03:26 AM, oshwm wrote: <SNIP>
When your ISP (and every other ISP/Peer) logs traffic then you can circumvent this by using a VPN/Tor/i2p etc and so the only logs they get prove that you are a privacy conscious customer who is actively using the internet.
Right. But it's best if you start with a mass-market popular VPN service. Then do nested tunnels. Maybe do some torrenting. Blend.
You can't use VPN/Tor/i2p to bypass the CDN's because the CDN is the endpoint in your communications.
Of course not.
Therefore, the CDN has access to the entire contents of your communications which allows them to gather a massive amount of information about you.
True. All of it, arguably. But it won't be useful if you've compartmentalized well enough, through different channels. Some of my personas probably look a lot more like some of your personas than some of my other personas. Or if not you, others who are reading this.
When they can do this across multiple websites then the ability to correlate that information into a complete profile of you and your online activities becomes very dangerous.
Only if you haven't compartmentalized well enough.
Unfortunately, avoiding CDNs is difficult because they are part of the Corporate and Government effort to centralise the web for exactly the reasons I outlined above.
No problem. Compartmentalize!
So, the wise person expects to lose freedom but the wiser person does everything they can to reduce the loss.
For sure.
One of the things that surprises me on this list is the number of people who are happy to accept the loss of privacy that the modern web allows. It's as if this isn't the Cypherpunks list after all!!!
There are many funny people on this list ;)