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>CGNAT is nowhere near the common case yet. And frankly, I’m horrified that anyone’s describing it as a good thing.

For some reason, "CGNAT == privacy" is a very common sentiment on Hacker News. Yeah, Hacker News. It's bewildering, and after my last comment [0] talking about it, I have kinda already given up trying to convince people that CGNAT is devilish and not at all a privacy protector.

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40180058


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kstrauser01/02/2026

It’s right up there with “NAT == security”, which is also disappointing for here. It’s not so much the sentiment, as how confidently it’s asserted.

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