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Any difference in security with using a VPS as a VPN vs just using a VPN service? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm curious to see what people think about this one. Is there any real benefit from using a VPS as a VPN vs just using a VPN service.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago

Using a VPS only gives you 1 extra location, and its the same one each time, so for some region-locking, or anonymization, it might not be as useful. But it does give you a bit of freedom to do extra things, write your own scripts, or automation, use as syncing or game server, and a VPS that only you use is unlikely to get labelled or identified as security or geo-lock circumventing method, or back door, as its just an infrequently visited IP address. A VPS is more work than a plug and play VPN but can be a good method of learning/testing how things work.