sultan1966
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sultan1966
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livingsteam
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just fwiw there's Cloudflare for Families 1.1.1.2 and 1.1.1.3
blog.cloudflare.com
And fwiw generally speaking, if you're not using a VPN and you're using a different DNS server than your ISPs server, your ISP can still see all your traffic. So if the goal was to hide your web requests from your ISP, switching DNS does't do this, keep your VPN turned on.
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And fwiw generally speaking, if you're not using a VPN and you're using a different DNS server than your ISPs server, your ISP can still see all your traffic. So if the goal was to hide your web requests from your ISP, switching DNS does't do this, keep your VPN turned on.
sultan1966
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livingsteam
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Forgive me, maybe I missed something you wrote.
What's the reason to use a VPN in the first place? Are you getting blocked without it? Otherwise I don't understand the desire to hide your traffic from your ISP, it's just Trainz.
And you said originally about DNS servers, "You can use a multiple these at a time."
I don't understand what you're trying to say here. Are you referring to fallback servers? They're not all being used at the same time, only if the first one fails, then it calls the second one.
What's the reason to use a VPN in the first place? Are you getting blocked without it? Otherwise I don't understand the desire to hide your traffic from your ISP, it's just Trainz.
And you said originally about DNS servers, "You can use a multiple these at a time."
I don't understand what you're trying to say here. Are you referring to fallback servers? They're not all being used at the same time, only if the first one fails, then it calls the second one.
VPNs vary. The very first one first tried about a year or two ago blocked all DLS downloads. My current VPN does not block them.
In fact I frequently forget that I have my current VPN running at all. Only when it very occasionally pops up a notification that it is not connected for some reason do I remember that it is even on. It randomizes my "online identity" every 20 minutes.
Why do I use one? I really don't know. The reports of privacy violations on the Internet were one reason for trying and it seemed like a good experiment at the time and so far it has not created any issues for me. I add that the VPN is provided as a part of my system maintenance utility subscription.
In fact I frequently forget that I have my current VPN running at all. Only when it very occasionally pops up a notification that it is not connected for some reason do I remember that it is even on. It randomizes my "online identity" every 20 minutes.
Why do I use one? I really don't know. The reports of privacy violations on the Internet were one reason for trying and it seemed like a good experiment at the time and so far it has not created any issues for me. I add that the VPN is provided as a part of my system maintenance utility subscription.
livingsteam
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"VPNs vary. The very first one first tried about a year or two ago blocked all DLS downloads. My current VPN does not block them."
Maybe I'm misreading what you wrote. VPNs don't choose to block servers. It's the other way around.
Maybe I'm misreading what you wrote. VPNs don't choose to block servers. It's the other way around.
livingsteam
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Sorry for the second post, still can't edit my posts.
Reading your post again @pware , I would argue that a VPN is giving you a false sense of security. All a VPN does is hide your tracks from your ISP by encrypting it between you and a server somewhere out there on the Internet, run by the VPN company.
From there your data is out there on the Internet, still subject to man in the middle and many other attacks. Email should be presumed to be insecure, because it is not encrypted in transit.
VPNs are for people who want to visit alternative websites that they wouldn't want on their permanent records a.k.a. their Google profiles LOL.
But if you're actually logging into websites, reviewing bank accounts, view other personal information over a VPN, the VPN isn't keeping that data any more secure than not using a VPN, except for hiding it from your ISP.
Now most ISPs collect and resell data about their uses, so using a VPN to keep that data from them, that's probably a good enough reason to use a VPN. But I don't really care, I don't use one normally at home.
But my mobile devices, those are on VPN all the time.
Reading your post again @pware , I would argue that a VPN is giving you a false sense of security. All a VPN does is hide your tracks from your ISP by encrypting it between you and a server somewhere out there on the Internet, run by the VPN company.
From there your data is out there on the Internet, still subject to man in the middle and many other attacks. Email should be presumed to be insecure, because it is not encrypted in transit.
VPNs are for people who want to visit alternative websites that they wouldn't want on their permanent records a.k.a. their Google profiles LOL.
But if you're actually logging into websites, reviewing bank accounts, view other personal information over a VPN, the VPN isn't keeping that data any more secure than not using a VPN, except for hiding it from your ISP.
Now most ISPs collect and resell data about their uses, so using a VPN to keep that data from them, that's probably a good enough reason to use a VPN. But I don't really care, I don't use one normally at home.
But my mobile devices, those are on VPN all the time.