• Pyrodexter@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    If you use a VPN, you’re always connecting to the same IP

    No, you’re not. A VPN provider can have hundreds of thousands of IP:s.

    which is unusual

    OK, but not unheard of. And even a dynamic IP might remain the same for months, if not years, depending on the operator.

    would tend to indicate VPN usage

    No, it wouldn’t.

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      10 hours ago

      Congrats on technically understanding how a VPN can work while completely misunderstanding how most public ones work in practice!

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        9 hours ago

        You keep telling yourself that.

        Sure, there are some specialized anonymity-focused VPN providers that only have a few IP addresses in order to have as many users behind each IP as possible, but that’s definitely not “most public ones”.

        Here’s the IP addresses I got from my provider just by reconnecting the VPN three times without even changing my virtual location:

        It’s weird how eagerly people speaking completely out of their asses tend to double down when called out. Even if that would have been true, your original claim still would not work at all.