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comment by dublinben
dublinben  ·  3197 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Scientists unveil high-speed anonymity network for the entire Internet

Why would surfing through a remote machine be any less bandwidth intensive than just surfing from home?





asdfoster  ·  3197 days ago  ·  link  ·  

If the remote machine has a wider pipe, it could download things, compress them, and then serve that to you. This is the Opera Mini strategy.

It's not what firethief was talking about, but it's one way that that could be the case.

firethief  ·  3197 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It wouldn't; surfing would be unaffected. It's also the least interesting thing the internet can be used for.