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Subject: Re: Which VPN? Date: Thu Jul 06 2023 09:09 am
From: Nightfox To: Phigan

  Re: Re: Which VPN?
  By: Phigan to HusTler on Wed Jul 05 2023 01:46 pm

 Ph> Exactly what I'm talking about above. Geo-locked services check your
 Ph> originating IP, and if it isn't on a network in a certain country, that
 Ph> service doesn't allow you access. When you use a VPN, the destination host
 Ph> (the service), thinks your originating IP is the VPN's endpoint. So, yes,
 Ph> that means the service you're connecting to doesn't see what your real IP
 Ph> is, but that doesn't mean nobody else does. The VPN service certainly

I've heard some services are able to detect whether you're using a VPN and still
 deny access based on that.

Nightfox

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