[LINK] https/metadata

Sam Silvester sam.silvester at gmail.com
Tue Dec 6 14:48:37 AEDT 2016


On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 2:09 PM, Bernard Robertson-Dunn <brd at iimetro.com.au>
wrote:

> A somewhat technical question.
>
> If you use https, the contents of your interchange are encrypted.
> However, the fact that you have gone to a particular IP address is still
> in the clear.
>
> So if you go to www.nastysite.com and use https, the metadata would
> still show that you have had a session with that website.
>
> Correct?
>

Yep. Plus if you're on your mobile, stuff like your GPS location, tower
your phone is connected to etc.


>
> However, if you create a VPN first e.g. via tor, the fact that you have
> visited www.nastysite.com (using http or https) would not be visible in
> your metadata.
>
> Correct?
>

Also correct.

Sam



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