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terms: ["Clearnet"]
summary: "The Internet in which anonymous overlay networks are built upon"
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### The Basics

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:

- 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

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*.

### In-depth information

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:

- Java-I2P

- [Tor](https://torproject.org/)

These technologies protect you from clearnet by building an anonymous network **over** clearnet to keep your transmissions both encrypted **and** anonymous.

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 I2P in terms of anonymity with the exception that your traffic never need to leave the I2P network
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			`terms: ["Clearnet"]`
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Enabled all site except user guides to be multilingual ready - Moved technical specs out of 'Resources' and into root 2017-12-05 19:43:20 +00:00			`### The Basics`

Moneropedia relocalized + correction on Italian Account + Removed leftover miners.md (replaced by mining.md) + Removed Dust and update Copyright + Code improvement to avoid reading the config file and to use the builtin jekyll config variable passed in the content + Ammount.md:25/26 glitch "\@transaction-privacy" corrected. PL to be checked twice. + Italian ammount.md moneropedia links corrected (terms added to destination entries, unnecessary markdown links removed) + Polish corrections + extend ruby \word-boundary in regex to match `-based` `-like` `-form` + Updated readme according to the new way to add or translate a moneropedia entry + fix mining with CryptoNight variant + rebased to include AR + chery picked #820 to avoid conflicts 2018-07-05 15:04:14 +00:00			`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:`
Enabled all site except user guides to be multilingual ready - Moved technical specs out of 'Resources' and into root 2017-12-05 19:43:20 +00:00
			`- your [ISP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISP)`
moneropedia: uniform structure of clearnet.md and add .config file also removed mentions of kovri from all files 2021-09-13 08:12:59 +00:00
Enabled all site except user guides to be multilingual ready - Moved technical specs out of 'Resources' and into root 2017-12-05 19:43:20 +00:00			`- the website/service/person you're communicating with`
moneropedia: uniform structure of clearnet.md and add .config file also removed mentions of kovri from all files 2021-09-13 08:12:59 +00:00
Enabled all site except user guides to be multilingual ready - Moved technical specs out of 'Resources' and into root 2017-12-05 19:43:20 +00:00			`- possibly a [Five Eyes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Eyes) capable entity`

			`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.`

			`### In-depth information`

			`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:`

moneropedia: uniform structure of clearnet.md and add .config file also removed mentions of kovri from all files 2021-09-13 08:12:59 +00:00			`- Java-I2P`

Enabled all site except user guides to be multilingual ready - Moved technical specs out of 'Resources' and into root 2017-12-05 19:43:20 +00:00			`- [Tor](https://torproject.org/)`

			`These technologies protect you from clearnet by building an anonymous network over clearnet to keep your transmissions both encrypted and anonymous.`

moneropedia: uniform structure of clearnet.md and add .config file also removed mentions of kovri from all files 2021-09-13 08:12:59 +00:00			`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 I2P in terms of anonymity with the exception that your traffic never need to leave the I2P network`