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How important is a VPN to you? (feddit.org)

submitted 1 week ago by kapulsa@feddit.org to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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And if you use one, are you happy with it?

I'm trying to get more into privacy and security and VPN is currently a struggle for me (and it seems also for some people in my social circle). It's mostly cost, effectiveness, but also connection issues (not being able to connect to servers, not reaching websites, sometimes slower speed.

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[–] spechter@feddit.org 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I connect to my home network via VPN if I'm out and about. There's no additional cost, but I feel more secure in a public wifi and have access to all my internal services as I'm used to.

[–] DeuxChevaux@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Same here. My mobile provider blocks the standard VPN ports, and also access to other DNS servers, so I am pretty sure, their low price means they are selling my data. Going through a VPN on a non-standard port to my home network, from where I can go out through DNS over https and also a pi-hole, and being protected by my own firewall, gives me the (false?) feeling of an additional layer of security.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Wtf kinda mobile service is that?

[–] TurtleTourParty@midwest.social 1 points 6 days ago

I bought a SIM from lebara mobile when traveling to europe once because it had 10x more data than other companies for the same price and it blocked VPN.

[–] DeuxChevaux@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Cheap MVNO with enough data and good coverage/no outages. The low price comes from somewhere, I guess...

[–] nfreak@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Native Mullvad app when home using my own DNS server, Tailscale through a gluetun container + headscale when away. The latter eats up battery quite a bit otherwise I'd just keep that on all the time.