Jun 27, 2026, 5:24 PM@davidgerard My conclusion at this point is basically that I should spend $4/mo on a VM and run everything through WireGuard
- Jun 27, 2026, 5:24 PM
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Addisonaddison@nothing-ever.worksJun 27, 2026, 7:25 PM@tael@yiff.life @davidgerard@circumstances.run yes, but a lot of services block cloud/hosting infra :(
chxchx@chx.contactJun 27, 2026, 7:35 PM@tael @davidgerard what about windscribe? (this is not an ad, this is not shilling, this is a genuine question)
- Jun 27, 2026, 7:57 PM
@chx @davidgerard I looked at their website and concluded they were not a serious contender
toolwerebeartoolbear@tech.lgbtJun 28, 2026, 6:03 AM@chx
windscribe: transphobic
https://merping.synth.download/@107d/116823442615272204- chxchx@chx.contactJun 28, 2026, 6:27 AM
@toolbear thanks for the information! Windscribe is out. Luckily the original post has been edited with hopefully good alternatives.
Rob Pumphreyrobpumphrey@mastodonapp.ukJun 27, 2026, 8:44 PM@tael @davidgerard
This must be the route for true nerds. Presumably, since you pay for the vm though, it will be possible to find out who you are?
David Gerarddavidgerard@circumstances.runJun 27, 2026, 9:24 PM@robpumphrey @tael yeah it's not a variety of residential-looking endpoints
- Jun 27, 2026, 9:24 PM
@robpumphrey @davidgerard It wouldn't be impossible, although I believe your bandwidth would be running through the datacenter (and subject to its limits and charges fyi) so it would look like it was coming from your provider. If someone contacted the provider and investigated you I'm sure you'd get turned over; but it would still shield all your requests from your ISP and you could be certain you're not logging anything (though your provider might).
It depends on what you are using a VPN for, really.