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Leo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showM to Linux and Tech News@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showEnglish · 2 years ago

Google Chrome's new "IP Protection" will hide users' IP addresses

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Google Chrome's new "IP Protection" will hide users' IP addresses

www.bleepingcomputer.com

Leo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showM to Linux and Tech News@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showEnglish · 2 years ago
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Google is getting ready to test a new "IP Protection" feature for the Chrome browser that enhances users' privacy by masking their IP addresses using proxy servers.
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    Hide it from everyone except Google, the authorities and whoever pays them to show your IP address.

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      I mean, Google is hardly a benign entity but with a new data breach every day I’m all for this.

      Anything that helps stop normie idiots from having their details stolen.

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        Nah, just let them so they can learn and grow from mistakes.

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    Suuuuuuure it willllll… 😜 It’ll use your social instead. /S?

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    Unless they paid Google…

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