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summary: 'The Internet in which anonymous overlay networks are built upon'
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terms: ["Clearnet"]
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{% include disclaimer.html translated="no" translationOutdated="no" %}
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### The Basics
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When you use the Internet for things like news, email, social media, and
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even Monero, you are most likely using a clearnet connection. This means
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that *all* of your connections can be tracked, traced, and monitored by:
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- your [ISP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISP)
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- the website/service/person you're communicating with
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- possibly a [Five Eyes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Eyes) capable
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entity
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and even if you use [HTTPS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTPS) or similar
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(which *encrypts* your transmission), your route is not hidden nor is it
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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
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from clearnet (as you are still using *clearnet* (though you are more
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proxied than without a VPN)), you should use an *anonymous overlay network*
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to avoid using clearnet directly:
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- Java-I2P
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- [Tor](https://torproject.org/)
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These technologies protect you from clearnet by building an anonymous
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network **over** clearnet to keep your transmissions both encrypted **and**
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anonymous.
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Here is an accurate, [interactive
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diagram](https://www.eff.org/pages/tor-and-https) provided by the
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[EFF](https://www.eff.org/) which describes *clearnet* as it relates to
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**Tor**. The concept also (somewhat) applies to I2P in terms of anonymity
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with the exception that your traffic never need to leave the I2P network
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