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Dyedinthewoolliberal

(15,931 posts) Fri Dec 29, 2023, 06:23 PM Dec 2023

General question for you;

do you have a VPN? I am thinking about it but don't know if it's worth it? Anyone care to share experiences?
Thanks,

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General question for you; (Original Post) Dyedinthewoolliberal Dec 2023 OP

This article might be a good starting point. CentralMass Dec 2023 #1

I use a VPN for my business and financial transactions. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2023 #2

I have CyberGhost VPN. It works well. Beakybird Dec 2023 #3

I don't know if I have a very paranoid neighbor bucolic_frolic Dec 2023 #4

Ha! Dyedinthewoolliberal Dec 2023 #5

I don't use one yet. Free ones seem to have leaks. usonian Dec 2023 #6

CentralMass

(15,561 posts)

1. This article might be a good starting point.

Reply to Dyedinthewoolliberal (Original post)

Fri Dec 29, 2023, 06:28 PM

Dec 2023

https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/what-is-a-vpn-and-why-you-need-one#:~:text=A%20VPN%20will%20hide%20the,engineering%20scams%2C%20and%20phishing%20sites.

OAITW r.2.0

(28,485 posts)

2. I use a VPN for my business and financial transactions.

Reply to Dyedinthewoolliberal (Original post)

Fri Dec 29, 2023, 06:28 PM

Dec 2023

I use the Avast VPN that boots on power on. I've never have had an issue with my financial accounts and I assume that disguising your IP address helps in keeping things from being intercepted and tagged to me.

Beakybird

(3,395 posts)

3. I have CyberGhost VPN. It works well.

Reply to Dyedinthewoolliberal (Original post)

Fri Dec 29, 2023, 06:32 PM

Dec 2023

bucolic_frolic

(47,301 posts)

4. I don't know if I have a very paranoid neighbor

Reply to Dyedinthewoolliberal (Original post)

Fri Dec 29, 2023, 06:54 PM

Dec 2023

Should I ask him? What are the signs to look for?

Dyedinthewoolliberal

(15,931 posts)

5. Ha!

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #4)

Sat Dec 30, 2023, 11:07 AM

Dec 2023

usonian

(14,298 posts)

6. I don't use one yet. Free ones seem to have leaks.

Reply to Dyedinthewoolliberal (Original post)

Sun Dec 31, 2023, 11:51 AM

Dec 2023

If you just want to change apparent location, Opera browser has a mini one. Not a true VPN. It just changes your apparent location.

Apple has iCloud Private Relay (comes with the extra icloud storage $$) but archive.is/ph/md etc. hate it and put up a captcha if it's turned on.

A real VPN has serious encryption, no logging (they all seem to store metadata) and so on.

If you are truly paranoid, use tor, and/or the TAILS distro (a bit slower, due to all the relays).

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