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>>stargr+(OP)
ECS is not equivalent to 'send the IP' but is revealing.

the fact that I subsequently connect to another place over HTTP or some other protocol is distinct from telling a DNS authority who is asking a question about a domain name: the article implies "its the same leakage" but it isn't: different people get told.

>>ggm+N2
What's the actual meaningful difference, though? ECS is limited to a /24 anyways, so, it doesn't even reveal the exact IP address in any case.

>>cnst+53
Thats a good question. How you feel about third parties knowning what endpoints you go to depends on what endpoints you're going to, and why. In some economies, its hugely informing. In many cases its explicitly what BI is -to know what you do, and when you do it.

I don't have good sense of this, but people I trust say a surprisingly small collection of information identifies you to a specific level. same /24 is only 255 people if there isn't a CGN. More to the point, if your /24 identifies your economy, you're now subject to IPR limits and can be told different things.

So some ECS objection is rooted in opposition to regional IPR. Netflix. Sub-optimal CDN delivery (to one person) is wall avoidance (to another)