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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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[Question] Is RSS over tor private or overkill. (?) (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I found a way to use RSS over tor. since I don't really know how rss works, this might be a good question since I had a problem opening links in rss when using a tor proxy. but I'm probably willing to give up that function if it gives me more privacy.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 years ago (1 children)

I think it is a good idea, but I don't think it is a significant concern anyways.

Pros:

Avoids sharing your IP with the site.
Avoids leaking domain information (DNS + SNI)

Cons:

Slower.
Slightly more resource intensive.

Since RSS is generally an async background job the cons are basically non-existent so why not get the minor privacy benefits?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago

I think that the pro's are worth it, but it is really a personal decision.