XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: address@is.invalid   
      
   Arlen,   
      
   > This other piece of the evolving puzzle which was solved within   
   > days of installing Psiphon, which is that when executed, it phones   
   > home to a server.   
      
   Really ?  "it phones home to a server" ?   Either you have no idea how a VPN   
   (for hiding your IP) works, or you forgot to add some information.   
      
   Also, have you ever thought about checking what that server it "phones home"   
   to actually is ?  No ?  Why not ?   
      
   Furthermore, do you think that if the makers of Psiphon wanted grab some   
   private data from your 'puter they could not have simply added another   
   connection to the tunnel it creates - leaving you none-the-wiser ?   
      
   iow, the Psiphon client software does not need that "dummy browser" of yours   
   to connect with the internet.  Worse, it would make the the whole "phoning   
   home" thing needlesly complicated.   
      
   -- But if it actually "phones home" to grab data from your machine that way   
   (unlikely) than do remember the old saying : when you get stuff for free its   
   likely you are the product, not the customer.   
      
   Regards,   
   Rudy Wieser   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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