You're probably going to have better luck with a cloud service that doesn't provide a free tier. I haven't tried using it as a VPN proxy (for proxying to non aw

You're probably going to have better luck with a cloud service that doesn't provide a free tier. I haven't tried using it as a VPN proxy (for proxying to non aws public networks) but their free tier has been weaponized for spam delivery, bot controllers, etc at various times since aws' launch. It's not you.