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Also interested in this! Also why VPN vs just setting up one yourself on digitalocean or something like that? (The reason why I'm not with a VPN yet is because

by dvcrn 8y ago

Also interested in this! Also why VPN vs just setting up one yourself on digitalocean or something like that? (The reason why I'm not with a VPN yet is because it would compromise my speed. Am I overestimating the impact?)

mirimir 8y ago
If you setup your own VPN on some leased VPS, then you're the only user. So there's zero help re anonymity. And re privacy and security, you need to trust the VPS provider. No free lunch :(
- dvcrn 8y ago
  But a VPS on DO, AWS or gcloud also has numerous services on the same physical machine. It's not like every request coming from that machine is from you or am I missing your point?
  - mirimir 8y ago
    Sure. But each VPS has its own IP address. The VPS provider probably retains logs. And its ISP probably also retains logs. And everything involving that IP address is associated with you.
    - dvcrn 8y ago
      For incoming traffic yes, but outgoing traffic is heavily dependent on what you use. A lot of virtual spaces use the same outgoing IP
      - mirimir 8y ago
        I don't recall seeing that. VPS got their own public IPs. Which would show up in ipchicken or whatever.
timbit42 8y ago
A VPN won't compromise your speed if you have powerful enough equipment on both ends to encrypt/decrypt at speed. Latency will take a hit though.