Hello.
As of today, I have a router with a VPN built in. This means that the router is permanently secured. This router is switched in front of my ISP’s router. This means that my ISP does not notice my activities.
Now my question.
What happens if I switch on a VPN on my cell phone ( not the same vpn)? Is the connection then double secured and my activities even more difficult to locate?
Perhaps someone can tell me something about this.
I am confused. Usually a router with “VPN built in” is simply a client option that you would need to configure and connect to another VPN endpoint, it doesn’t just automatically secure things.
That said, you could utilize a separate VPN with your cell phone (as long as it also has an endpoint it can securely connect with) however you will experience a bandwidth hit and double VPN is rarely necessary as the initial VPN will be secure and encrypted.
What is your router VPN connected to? A third-party VPN provider? Also, does it kill traffic automatically if it loses connection?
You didn’t mention if you’re using cellular data or Wi-Fi with that cell phone. Setting up a VPN on the phone is useful if you want privacy while using cellular data, because it won’t be protected by the router. If you’re using Wi-Fi, then a VPN on the phone isn’t adding much privacy.
If you trust your VPN provider’s no logs policy and if you chose a VPN provider that let you sign up fully anonymously, there’s not much benefit to stacking VPNs. And if there is a benefit, then you should be doing that with your router directly and switch off the cellular data feature of the phone (use it only at home with Wi-Fi) to ensure you don’t accidentally access the Internet without protection.
No, it’s not “permanently secured”. Stop buying into marketing hype and jargon.
double VPN is silly, and does absolutely nothing a single one wouldnt
It is connected to a VPN, the name of which I am not allowed to write here. According to group rules. And of course I have the kill switch turned on. So no traffic is passed through if there is no VPN connection. I have tested this several times.
And why shouldn’t it be secure? The router is permanently connected to a VPN provider and does not allow any traffic to pass through if there is no VPN connection.
I would like a detailed explanation.
It’s not silly if you are using two different purpose of VPN. You can have regular encrypting network VPN and you have another VPN to connect to work or something other computer. Al though it doesn’t work on phones since they only allow 1 VPN at a time for phones, idk if we can fix that sometime soon
It was simply a question from me for clarification.
Because there’s no such thing as “permanently secure”. At best you are only as secure as the VPN server and where the tunnel terminates. You just moved the point of vulnerability somewhere else, to another endpoint you do not control.