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In terms of privacy, isn't running your own VPN pointless? I mean, it is basically just changing your IP and putting an additional hop in. You aren't mixing wi
by madamelic 7y ago
In terms of privacy, isn't running your own VPN pointless?
I mean, it is basically just changing your IP and putting an additional hop in. You aren't mixing with other's traffic, making it very easy to fingerprint you.
I guess this is all dependent on someone's threat model, but I am not really sure if there is any benefit of running your own VPN besides being slightly more sure your VPN provider or someone who hacked your VPN provider isn't watching you.
- rbritton 7y agoIt provides you protection on a hostile local network, such as a hotel or a restaurant. Like you said, it does not achieve the anonymity level a public VPN would.
- yjftsjthsd-h 7y ago> protection on a hostile local network, such as a hotel or a restaurant. Or an American ISP.
- nickpsecurity 7y agoFourteen Eyes: https://restoreprivacy.com/5-eyes-9-eyes-14-eyes/ https://restoreprivacy.com/5-eyes-9-eyes-14-eyes/
- qrbLPHiKpiux 7y agoVPNs are not for anonymity. Never were.
- martin_a 7y agoIt could be somewhat important/interesting to change your public endpoint with the internet to pass country-based filters. Besides that, as others pointed out, it's a safe way to get out of a compromised network. And with a DNS blocker on the VPN endpoint, you are also able to block ads/tracking scripts (think of PiHole).
- rstuart4133 7y ago> I mean, it is basically just changing your IP and putting an additional hop in. You aren't mixing with other's traffic, making it very easy to fingerprint you. If that IP is in Russia, on a cheap supplier that has hundreds of similar VPS sitting behind a NAT, I wish em luck in fingerprinting you. Or extracting logs for that matter.