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What VPN do you use when you cannot use Mullvad. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Quistermark@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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What VPN have you switched to after the Mullvad situation. I have looked at nym and ivpn. But don't know if they are any good.

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[–] wisdomsuccubus@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, a self-hosted VPN could reveal your IP, so you must hire a VPS server to host your VPN, so the IP you reveal is that of the VPS server located somewhere else, in turn you can configure proxies to mask the same IP of your VPS

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is this then not essentially the same thing, paying for a remote access IP to mask your traffic?

I am not against it or anything I just dont get the difference.

[–] wisdomsuccubus@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 month ago

That's true, but without VPS u should configure a good proxies