75
How important is a VPN to you? (feddit.org)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
83 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 27 points 11 months ago (5 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.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 5 child comments
    •
  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 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.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (2 children)

    Wtf kinda mobile service is that?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 11 months 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.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent