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   Yohan Yukiya Seseㆍ사요한・謝雪矢 (youronlyone@c.im)'s status on Monday, 11-Mar-2024 14:08:14 JST Yohan Yukiya Seseㆍ사요한・謝雪矢

   To security experts: Do you use #VPN for services that are already end-to-end encrypted? Or, you add their apps in split-tunnelling mode?

   Or, to rephrase it: is there any use in keeping end-to-end encrypted apps behind a VPN?

   This is under the assumption that all things are equal (no ISP issues; no need to bypass any network set up; end-to-end encryption is enabled by default).

   #e2ee #encryption #security #AskingExperts

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     Jiko Rojino (jikodesu@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 11-Mar-2024 14:28:31 JST Jiko Rojino

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     @youronlyone

     I'd also like to know the answer to your question. For example, should I exclude the Signal app from the VPN (via Split Tunneling) since it is E2EE?

     I use a VPN primarily to make it hard for government and the ISP to snoop, especially from identifying my IP address.

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     Yohan Yukiya Seseㆍ사요한・謝雪矢 (youronlyone@c.im)'s status on Monday, 11-Mar-2024 14:34:44 JST Yohan Yukiya Seseㆍ사요한・謝雪矢

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     • Jiko Rojino

     @jikodesu

     Yeah, I'm wondering if there's any usefulness to it since it's e2ee already, as far as encryption is concerned.

     Good point on hiding the IP address! If I understood it correctly, a VPN is still needed if we want to hide the origin/destination IP of a data packet. Since e2ee only encrypts the data but it doesn't mask the IP.