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Usually connect to Walmart's WiFi but they changed their policy I guess, won't be doing that now... (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by trippingonthewire@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] neosheo@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah but it's on a public wifi

[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

in that case, it hides the websites you visit from:

the ISP providing the network, and
the business who offers the public WiFi,
both of them probably being very eager to profile your browsing habits (as seen on the image in the post).