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   From: wasbit@nowhere.com   
      
   On 25/08/2024 23:17, Andrew wrote:   
   > Peter Johnson wrote on Sun, 25 Aug 2024 10:40:50 +0100 :   
   >   
   >>>> While there are probably a few people using VPN, I don't   
   >>>> know if we have the depth of experience to answer your question.   
   >>>   
   >>> Your advice is always wizened by experience, Paul. I appreciate that.   
   >>> I thought most people on this newsgroup used VPN daily, don't they?   
   >>   
   >> Never used a VPN, not even a trial.   
   >   
   > Then you have no privacy. And that's OK. If you don't care about privacy.   
   > What a VPN does for me is obfuscate my "real" IP address when I'm online.   
   >   
   > That way, when I google for "how to cure my deadly disease", at least the   
   > endpoint server running that search doesn't know my real IP address (and,   
   > yes, I'm well aware of browser fingerprinting techniques so I account for   
   > that in a variety of ways, as I'm also aware of photo fingerprinting too,   
   > and I'm aware of private DNS servers, etc., all of which is about privacy).   
   >   
   > You have no privacy. And that's fine. As long as you don't want privacy.   
   > But I do.   
   >   
   > And one component of that privacy is to use thousands of VPN servers.   
   >   
   > It used to be people had to roll their own VPN servers at home, but now   
   > there are thousands upon thousands of free openvpn servers on the net.   
   >   
   > Since I'm not doing anything nefarious, the only thing I need out of a free   
   > openvpn server is the IP address obfuscation that any proxy provides us.   
   >   
   > But proxies only work with browsers whereas VPN is a system-wide   
   > obfuscation of your real IP address - so if you have a better way to change   
   > your IP address on the fly, I'm all ears as I'd love to know how you do it.   
   >   
   > Since you've never used a VPN, how do *you* change your IP address at will?   
   >   
      
   By rebooting the router.   
   IME static IP addresses cost more than dynamic addresses (in the UK).   
   Also, IME, those reports of found IP addresses are normally that of an   
   ISP server not the end user.   
      
      
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