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layout: moneropedia | ||
entry: "Clearnet" | ||
tags: ["kovri"] | ||
terms: ["clearnet"] | ||
summary: "The internet in which anonymous overlay networks are built over" | ||
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### The Basics | ||
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When you use the internet for things like news, email, social media, and even Monero, you are most likely using a clearnet connection. This means that *all* of your connections can be tracked, traced, and monitored by: | ||
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- your [ISP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISP) | ||
- the website/service/person you're communicating with | ||
- possibly a [Five Eyes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Eyes) capable entity | ||
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and even if you use [HTTPS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTPS) or similar (which *encrypts* your transmission), your route is not hidden nor is it anonymous, thus; it is in the *clear*. | ||
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### In-depth information | ||
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Since a traditional [VPN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VPN) cannot save you from clearnet (as you are still using *clearnet* (though you are more proxied than without a VPN)), you should use an *anonymous overlay network* to avoid using clearnet directly: | ||
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- @Kovri | ||
- @I2P | ||
- [Tor](https://torproject.org/) | ||
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These technologies protect you from clearnet by building an anonymous network **over** clearnet to keep your transmissions both encrypted **and** anonymous. | ||
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Here is an accurate, [interactive diagram](https://www.eff.org/pages/tor-and-https) provided by the [EFF](https://www.eff.org/) which describes *clearnet* as it relates to **Tor**. The concept also (somewhat) applies to @Kovri and @I2P in terms of anonymity with the exception that: | ||
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- @Kovri/@I2P does not use exit nodes when connecting to an @eepsite | ||
- Your traffic ever need to leave the @I2P network. | ||
- You do not need HTTPS to use @Kovri/@I2P (with the exception of @reseed) **TODO(anonimal): finish** |
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