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Fingerprinting, DNS, connection, hardware leaks, digital footprints etc are not protected using a VPN.

Oh God, he cried I never knew what it meant to be real I thought all this was a joke. So funny I forgot to laugh. Tell me how that comes 'DNS' and 'connection' are not protected using properly configured VPN? In fact VPN does protect connection confidentiality such that even if the network traffic is sniffed at the packet level an attacker would see only encrypted data. Furthermore mind explaining what the hairy ball sack is the difference between 'fingerprint' vs 'digital footprints'???