<![CDATA[It's important to know what VPN actually IS and what it was made for.]]>It's important to know what VPN actually IS and what it was made for. Virtual Private Network. It's purpose, oversimplified, is to make a connection over the internet that functions like being directly connected to the network in whatever building the thing you're connecting to is in. (Using not quite right terms to help laymen understand).
When I'm not at home, I VPN in to my home network and can talk to my machines at home as if I were plugged in at home.
I can browse the web with that too.

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]]>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://pdx.social/users/hellomiakoda/statuses/114951215346929157https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://pdx.social/users/hellomiakoda/statuses/114951215346929157Fri, 01 Aug 2025 02:45:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's important to know what VPN actually IS and what it was made for. on Fri, 01 Aug 2025 02:43:53 GMT]]>Your VPN traffic from the computer you are on to the VPN is encrypted, but any traffic from the end of that VPN to anything else is no different than if you were sitting over there and making the same connection to the web. No extra encrpytion, no hidden ID, nothing.

]]>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://pdx.social/users/hellomiakoda/statuses/114951207900672219https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://pdx.social/users/hellomiakoda/statuses/114951207900672219Fri, 01 Aug 2025 02:43:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's important to know what VPN actually IS and what it was made for. on Fri, 01 Aug 2025 02:42:06 GMT]]>So what does that mean to browse the web when VPNed in to my home network?
Well, whatever free wifi I'm on, and anyone else on that free wifi, can't see my traffic. That's encrypted. But... the internet sees my traffic just like if I were on my computer at home!

So, that VPN you learned about from a YouTuber? It does the same thing. It's as if you and your computer, specifically you, were sitting in Norde's (or whatever other brand) data center and browsing the web. That's all it does.

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