Is it easy to do? How do I remain private if still need ISP? How can I link with internet without ISP?
It’s very easy to set up a VPN to your home. But note this won’t give you any anonymity, it will just make all your traffic look likes it’s coming from your home instead of where you are.
OpenVPN and Amazon AWS EC2 instance. Setup takes 10 minutes if one knows what to do. Perhaps there shall be a decent tutorial or YouTube walkthrough on how to step by step.
You can select location of your VPN server as well.
Wouldn’t suggest to do anything sketchy since AWS will happily disclose to government who is an owner of a particular IP.
Can run it for free for one year too.
Well the purpose of a VPN is to mask your real location/IP address. Setting up a VPN at home is no different since it’s going through your ISP. You’ll still have the same IP address.
I think setting up your own VPN is a great way to learn and control your data, but it doesn’t make you fully anonymous since your ISP can still see your traffic. If you want more privacy, using a commercial VPN service or the Tor network will be a better option.
first you need to understand what VPN means and how it is used. Your question and replies here suggest that you understand nothing at all and following any guides will get you nowhere at this point.
Ignore all replies you got, because the first thing that anyone who understands anything at all about VPN should do is ask you - for what purpose do you want to use a VPN?
Because there is simply not enough info in your post to offer advice. Its like if you visited a doctor with “i dont feel too good” complaint and they immediately prescribed you some serious medication without taking any tests or asking further questions.
So. What do you want to use it for?
Oh! Okay. I see what ur saying. But really location is irrelevant unless someone’s in hiding I guess, but is it possible to keep all your info private?
u/kearkan Totally agree!
I understand that it will also allow me to securely access the services that I have at home, right? Like Plex, smb shares,… it will not just act as a proxy.
As long as I can trust them with my information that’s fine.
Do you use one or some company for your VPN?
This is not the purpose of a vpn, its just the most advertised one due to “VPN” service providers. Which are technically not even true VPN, the correct term for what they offer are - proxies.
The purpose of a VPN is NOT to mask location. It is to secretly link two locations over an untrusted medium, aka the Internet.
Well the purpose of a VPN is to mask your real location/IP address.
The purpose of a VPN is to securely connect to a remote network. FFS
Ah! Well, could I set up a second computer to act as my VPN server?
Oh. Okay. I thought VPN companies encrypted your internet information from everyone including your ISP. I thot they did.
Yeah but what do you REALLY think, tiny
Thank you. I would like for no one to see what sites I visit or what I download. Including a companies VPN server.