I joined Lemmy back in 2020 and have been using it as qaz@lemmy.ml until somewhere in 2023 when I switched to lemmy.world. I’m interested in Linux, FOSS, technology, and several other subjects.

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  • Ip address doesn’t expose where you live.

    https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=geoip+lookup

    Tunnels stop you from opening a port so nothing is exposed openly to the internet1 but it does not keep your ip private2.

    This is also incorrect.

    1. The entire purpose of CF tunnels is to expose sites on the internet
    2. CF tunnels (and services like it e.g. ngrok) rely on shared proxy servers that forward traffic based on HTTP host headers (which is why you can’t forward arbitrary TCP traffic). The IP of the site will therefore have the shared IP of the company’s proxy server instead of your own.