Why is it called a VPN?

VPN
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Needless to say, an HTTP proxy is an exception that’s unsuitable for non-web traffic. HTTP proxies also don’t hide file names by default.

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Proxies don’t innately encrypt traffic; that’s just a fact. You can encrypt traffic, but it’s not their original purpose. That’s the point.

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Yup. HTTP proxies won’t even work with webrtc or http/3 / quic

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I suppose that’s fair, but saying all proxies don’t encrypt traffic is very misleading