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A Virtual private network (VPN) is a service used to conceal your IP address. VPNs work by sending your data to a proxy server, which then sends your data to the destination server. There are also more advanced VPNs which send your data through multiple servers to ensure maximum security, with the most famous instance of this kind of VPN being the Tor Project.
VPNs can be both paid access, which typically give you access to more countries, or free, which give you less access, with most free VPNs only being able to connect to countries such as Poland, Finland, Germany, UK, Canada, and America.
What are VPNs used for?[edit | edit source]
Main article: Ban_evasion#VPNs
By normalGODs[edit | edit source]
VPNs were originally for bypassing SLF censorships which makes them sometimes a must in certain countries. People in less rulecucked countries like America use a VPN to feel a little safer.
By us[edit | edit source]
Due to the nature of imageboards, ban evasion, datamining, and IP leaking are very common things. Using a VPN most of the time solves all of these issues. VPNs are also helpful during raids so we can constantly come back if the target site doesn't have any anti-VPN measures.
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This is an actual ad for a non-sharty website. Take everything here with a grain of soy and remind this other site's jannies that they do it for free.Proton VPN is good, fast and private, but it's overpriced as all hell if you don't want to use the shitty free version. It costs $10 a month for the "plus" version and $13 a month for Proton Unlimited which includes the VPN plus Proton Mail, Drive, and Calendar or something, though you do get a discount for buying a year at a time.
Mullvad is pretty good too and it's more reasonably priced at €5 a month, but it has fewer servers to choose from. It's seen as more private doe because you can mail them cash instead of using a credit card or something (has to be Euros doe) and because you don't have to provide any personal information when you register an account. They don't keep logs of your connections in storage, making it impossible for law enforcement to collect data on their users. Mullvad is a Swedish win.
If you don't trust any providers, you could host your own VPN on a server in a data center somewhere. This is probably more easily traceable thoughever.
All the big VPNs you see shilled by JewTubers (like NordVPN and ExpressVPN) are literal spyware and should NOT be trusted.
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