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12 mentions on Hacker News by 12 people: 2 stories, 10 comments · first 2023-10-23 · latest 2025-02-17
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…for the very limited information that we do have, let me confirm things internally and circle back. https://github.com/GoogleChrome/ip-protection/issues/34 Disclosure: I work at Google, but not on IP protection.
comment by Thorrez · 2025-02-17 · in Critics say new Google rules put profits over privacy -
…for incognito users. I believe Chrome originally planned to roll out IP protection for all users. https://github.com/GoogleChrome/ip-protection?tab=readme-ov-...
comment by fumar · 2025-02-16 · in Critics say new Google rules put profits over privacy -
…own tracking domains in the initial list [1] of domains they’re going to apply this to. [1]: https://github.com/GoogleChrome/ip-protection/blob/master/Ma...
comment by xrisk · 2025-02-13 · in Chrome browser bringing an IP address privacy tool to Incognito -
…signed into their Google account in the Chrome browser before starting an Incognito session." 1. https://github.com/GoogleChrome/ip-protection?tab=readme-ov-...
comment by merek · 2025-02-13 · in Chrome browser bringing an IP address privacy tool to Incognito -
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Chrome browser bringing an IP address privacy tool to Incognitostory by privacyWatcher · 2025-02-13 · 53 comments
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Well, I mean, Google is planning that for all Chrome users: https://github.com/GoogleChrome/ip-protection
comment by marvinblum · 2024-06-05 · in Google to shut down Google One VPN on June 20 -
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GoogleChrome/ip-protectionstory by bookofjoe · 2024-05-08 · 0 comments
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…hop. This ensures that neither proxy can see both the client IP address and the destination. — https://github.com/GoogleChrome/ip-protection#core-requireme... If they choose to go ahead with the second hop it would be the same as Apple’s…
comment by JimDabell · 2023-11-13 · in Google dragged to UK watchdog over Chrome's upcoming IP address cloaking -
…considering using 2 hops for improved privacy. A second proxy would be run by an external CDN ... https://github.com/GoogleChrome/ip-protection "Considering" means "we're thinking about it, but it's in no way final". Sounds like Google…
comment by justinclift · 2023-11-12 · in Google dragged to UK watchdog over Chrome's upcoming IP address cloaking -
Yes, but it’s end-to-end-encrypted. See https://github.com/GoogleChrome/ip-protection/issues/10 for example. Of course, Google can conceivably backdoor Chrome, and then the exfiltration of data wouldn’t be obvious from the client-side…
comment by layer8 · 2023-11-12 · in Google dragged to UK watchdog over Chrome's upcoming IP address cloaking -
Looks like TLS will encrypt traffic end to end, but plain HTTP would travel in the clear. https://github.com/GoogleChrome/ip-protection#core-requireme...
comment by 8organicbits · 2023-10-24 · in Google plans to test proxy scheme to hide IP addresses -
…[...] There is an end-to-end encrypted tunnel via TLS, from Chrome to the destination server. [0] https://github.com/GoogleChrome/ip-protection#core-requireme...
comment by DistractionRect · 2023-10-23 · in Google Chrome's new "IP Protection" will hide users' IP addresses