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I mean how does RSS actually work? I just wonder if RSS is anonymous by design or not, and whether I really have to use tor on top of it. I'm not an expert
But the client doesn't have to send any information (other than the GET request, that is) to the server, so it's easy to anonymize.
I suppose that's why it's likely more anonymous than visiting the website regularly with JavaScript enabled.
RSS is simply a URL that, when accessed, returns an XML file with the content. A RSS reader just polls this URL every x minutes and checks if there is new content. So the only possible tracking should be the IP address used to connect and maybe the connection times. It's up to you to decide if using tor for this is overkill
so It's basically same thing as visitng a static website. I think I'll use tor on this one. yeah.
Static but without JavaShit and dedicated to the entries only and not the full website.
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