VPN Providers - Revealing Real Information

[DanielPatrick]

Let's say I've connected with my VPN and my IP address changed pretending that I'm residing in a different area or country. Are your tracks still covered? If they really wanted to investigate your tracks, can people from the state contact the VPN Provider and reveal your real IP? What if you use a Proxy or Public Wi-Fi? Can you ever be traced? A VPN encrypts your data where a Proxy will just change your IP address. So, I'm still not sure why people are using a VPN instead of a Proxy. Can someone shed some more light on this please?

And, I have two questions.
1. What would happen if I connect a VPN through a VPN?
2. Any good freeware program that masks your NIC MAC address?

[rsot]

Tracks still covered? What are you worried about?

[DanielPatrick]

Originally Posted by rsot

Tracks still covered? What are you worried about?

I just would like to know for general knowledge. I'd appreciate if you could answer those questions that I've asked.

[rsot]

If there is legal issue, people from the state can get a subpoena and find out all the info needed from VPN provider.

People tend not to use proxy because many Net services can identify proxy IPs easily these days...

[DanielPatrick]

Originally Posted by rsot

If there is legal issue, people from the state can get a subpoena and find out all the info needed from VPN provider.

People tend not to use proxy because many Net services can identify proxy IPs easily these days...

What do you mean by 'Net Services' ?

[rsot]

Originally Posted by DanielPatrick

What do you mean by 'Net Services' ?

Like Amazon, eBay, paypal...they can detect Proxy IP use fairly easily these days

[DanielPatrick]

If someone had to bind their MAC address and connect to a public Wi-Fi, how can they be tracked?

[rsot]

Originally Posted by DanielPatrick

If someone had to bind their MAC address and connect to a public Wi-Fi, how can they be tracked?

I am not fluent with this aspect so perhaps others will remark on that. I have not worried about masking MAC address

[peter piper]

If you use a shared proxy vpn, they may can tell you are using a proxy, but also 5,000 others are using the same proxy.
Thus, they could never find you!

Only if using a private, Dedicated IP/VPN - can they find you!

[afincho]

VPN Is good for people who are blocked in countries from streaming Netflix, or want to USE Facebook / other applications that blocked in their country, etc.

[sax4]

Originally Posted by afincho

VPN Is good for people who are blocked in countries from streaming Netflix, or want to USE Facebook / other applications that blocked in their country, etc.

It's also good for ebay, PayPal, and amazon

[afincho]

Originally Posted by sax4

It's also good for ebay, PayPal, and amazon

Yes, it's good to keep your accounts unlinked. But the OP is wanting to be Anonnymus so I am not sure a VPN will work out for him if the boys with the big guns want him

[peter piper]

It won't work long if you use shared IPs!
You may pass thru a few paypal sales, but they will then eventually lock you.
This is because 400 others are also using the shared IP, also trying to be stealth.

Better get a Dedicated IP.

Also, your computer finger print is sent every time you connect with eBay and Paypal. This fingerprint is now used and preferred over cookies and IPs, to track the same users of different accounts.

So there is only one real solution: Get a virtual windows setup with Dedicated IP.

[DanielPatrick]

Originally Posted by afincho

Yes, it's good to keep your accounts unlinked. But the OP is wanting to be Anonnymus so I am not sure a VPN will work out for him if the boys with the big guns want him

What's an OP?

[prodigyace]

Original poster

[SaiJin]

Originally Posted by DanielPatrick

Let's say I've connected with my VPN and my IP address changed pretending that I'm residing in a different area or country. Are your tracks still covered? If they really wanted to investigate your tracks, can people from the state contact the VPN Provider and reveal your real IP? What if you use a Proxy or Public Wi-Fi? Can you ever be traced? A VPN encrypts your data where a Proxy will just change your IP address. So, I'm still not sure why people are using a VPN instead of a Proxy. Can someone shed some more light on this please?

And, I have two questions.
1. What would happen if I connect a VPN through a VPN?
2. Any good freeware program that masks your NIC MAC address?

nothing free is good these days. I don't see why you are so concerned about hiding your tracks like this if you aren't doing anything illegal.

IPBurger based on personal experience offers the best VPN service for ebay and Amazon, but also other things like Netflix, facebook, etc.

It's built around the mindset of people wanting to get back to selling on eBay and Amazon. And you don't need to worry about actually getting what you pay for, because you always do.

So if this is all you wanna do, then it's one of the few trustworthy ones,.