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>> Snooping ISPs, public IP, and geoblocking are not prevented by a VPN server in your home network, which the author does not warn about. It helps for these t
by w0utert 7y ago
>> Snooping ISPs, public IP, and geoblocking are not prevented by a VPN server in your home network, which the author does not warn about.
It helps for these things when abroad, e.g. when travelling I can stream Netflix content and live TV that are region-locked to where I live. Having the VPN on all the time while not on home WiFi also makes it impossible for sites/services to figure out when I'm moving around and where, and basically thwarts any attempt to derive where I am at any point in time.
- maweki 7y agoThen the second part applies, that your VPN server needs to be reachable from the internet, which the author does not expand upon.
- w0utert 7y agoAh ok, I didn't actually read the article (or all of your comment, apparently ;-). I just assumed it would explain at least that much. What's the point of a VPN server that isn't reachable from the internet?
- maweki 7y ago> What's the point of a VPN server that isn't reachable from the internet? exactly... The tutorial only explains how to set up a VPN server but nothing of the surrounding infrastructure to make it useful for any of the use cases the author mentions.
- sbarre 7y agoI think that will vary based on ISP, etc.. Opening up ports on your home router is not a hugely difficult thing but I can see why it's not in scope of the tutorial.. Mentioning that it's a required step could have been helpful though.