Thread: Noob VPN Question

Originally Posted by MindGames

One technique for increasing your privacy is combining multiple vpns using a virtual machine or using tor through your vpn.

There's no point in stacking VPNs, as the last VPN still gets the data unencrypted. So you might as well just use that service. And tor only hides your identity, they can still sniff your traffic at the exit nodes.

The only way to be secure on the net is to make sure you use point-to-point encryption, aka HTTPS.

Originally Posted by khh

There's no point in stacking VPNs, as the last VPN still gets the data unencrypted. So you might as well just use that service. And tor only hides your identity, they can still sniff your traffic at the exit nodes.

The only way to be secure on the net is to make sure you use point-to-point encryption, aka HTTPS.

It's not completely pointless. The more vpns you thread your connection through, the less likely there will be any IP logs that point back to you. It's pretty much only useful for illegal things though.

Originally Posted by MindGames

It's not completely pointless. The more vpns you thread your connection through, the less likely there will be any IP logs that point back to you. It's pretty much only useful for illegal things though.

What if you simply don't want your neighbors/people at Starbucks looking at everything you do?

If you're using a public network or your neighbor's wifi, then you don't need to stack vpn's, you only need one. If you're worried about your neighbors seeing data you're sending on your own secure network, then as long as you have wpa2 encryption, there's no need for a vpn because it's pretty hard to crack wpa2.

Originally Posted by MindGames

If you're using a public network or your neighbor's wifi, then you don't need to stack vpn's, you only need one. If you're worried about your neighbors seeing data you're sending on your own secure network, then as long as you have wpa2 encryption, there's no need for a vpn because it's pretty hard to crack wpa2.

Unless you have WPS enabled on your router. Then it only takes a few hours. So make sure you turn of WPS, or check that your router is not vulnerable.