Anonymity and Censorship Circumvention
Despite appearances, the Internet is not now (nor has it ever been) an anonymous medium. People often behave as if they are anonymous, for example, by posting obnoxious comments on websites or browsing objectionable content with a browser’s “incognito” or “private browsing” modes.
However, whenever you connect to the Internet you are announcing your identity through your computer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, which identifies you: through your Internet service providers (ISPs) account to find your home address, or through your company’s network to identify your computer at work.
When you connect to the Internet from someone else’s IP address (e.g., from a hotel wi-fi account, a computer cafe, ...
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