On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 11:44:36 +0200 Andrei POPESCU <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2. Access the internet from a different point in the world > > This done for some increase in privacy[1] and/or to pretend you > are in a different location (country) and/or to hide your traffic > from your ISP. > > Unless you have access to a system on the internet to set up your > own VPN server you have to rely on (paid) VPN providers. > > Tor is also an option for this use case. > > Which of the above would apply for you? > > > - and , is this a reasonable idea ? > > Depends on the use case (see above) and/or your country and/or your > ISP, internet connection speed, VPN provider etc. > > [1] a VPN will just hide your public IP address and the traffic > between you and the exit point. It doesn't do anything about your > browser user agent, cookies and many other methods you can still be > identified and traced on the internet, if this is what you are > worried about. > This application is also useful with a home VPN server, if you're not trying to hide anything, but just want to use the Net reasonably safely from an unsafe location e.g. Internet cafe. You can tailor a set of firewall rules to allow nothing in or out except DNS, DHCP and HTTP (normally a local web login is required), not forgetting the tunnelling protocol port out. A VPN client will normally have a switch to route everything through the tunnel to achieve this. -- Joe