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VPN Security
 

Call me paranoid but I just bought a VPN and i'm worried that when i log in they can have access to all my files and see the passwords.
Can my company access my computer via the VPN? - Information Security Stack Exchange

How do you secure yourself?

Re: VPN Security
 

Technically they can sniff your traffic. But very unlikely that they would, they have more interesting tasks to do. If you are that paranoid, get your own VPS, encrypt it's harddrive, and configure a VPN server inside.

Re: VPN Security
 

Easy, dont use VPN.

Of course, that means spending money so youwill avoid that.

:rolleyes:

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VPS indeed is better but dongle and cellphone tethering works very well

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I would say tethering from a phone is the best way has never let me down! Years ago I use a VPN. Did everything by the book to open up the eBay account! In the next day I got a I needed to call in a 48hr deal!

When I spoke to the rep they said IP address has been logged once before has been linked to another IP address that was banned on eBay.

So the moral of the story is VPNs are use like crazy and recycle they are not the smartest choice for opening or maintaining stealth Accounts period!

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Tethering is a good option but you just picked a bad VPN provider, doesn't mean VPNs are bad. You need to pick a reliable provider with a fresh dedicated static ip address, not one that gives shared ips. Of course if you used a ip that was previously banned on ebay you will get banned, that has nothing to do with VPN just a bad provider.

can read more about vpns in my post here

http://www.aspkin.com/forums/subscri...tml#post575553

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Well most people are not getting Quality dedicated IP address like what you sell! They are getting it from the first thing they find on Google which usually is stuff like HMA and Hotspot shield! Dedicated IP's are a different story! Was more or less talking about garbage recycle VPNs like the ones mentioned :d

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haha yep now thats very true, alot of people just use whatever pops up first on google, big mistake