Can a VPN really make us "anonymous"? (Answered based on experience and research)

[I2rys Reborn]

For those of you who don't know, a VPN (Virtual Private Network) masks your You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. to hide your real IP and overrides your You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. to keep you safe from malicious domains and IPs.

So does it really make us anonymous?
Technically it does, and it really does keep you safe but only if the VPN provider is trusted. If it's not, then you're compromised. So always find a VPN that is No-Logging and has been audited ALSO from a country that has a strict law to privacy.

How does It make us anonymous?
Because it hides your IP. The only thing that can be used to track you online is your IP and the information you give online and every time you browse you expose your IP to the websites you visit. So If your IP is hidden and the information you have exposed cannot be possibly narrow down to you then you're anonymous. Are you? Not if your VPN is somehow forced by the country police to hand over their data due to some cybercrime cases and that often happens too.

Oh is it really possible to become 100% anonymous in the internet? With enough knowledge and discipline yes and I can say... Only 99% not 100%

NEVER TRUST ALL FREE VPNs IN PLAYSTORE (All of them are selling your data and worse possibly owned by Russians they are cases like this). Do not 100% trust VPNs that are new and haven't been audited.

 

[anything-anywhere]

How do we hide our IP from Google and Facebook? It seems like they do know some workarounds about VPNs.

 

[I2rys Reborn]

How do we hide our IP from Google and Facebook? It seems like they do know some workarounds about VPNs.

If you mean by workarounds is blocking the VPNs then just use a ρáíd VPN and connect to a country that you think is unlikely blocked.

 

[anything-anywhere]

If you mean by workarounds is blocking the VPNs then just use a ρáíd VPN and connect to a country that you think is unlikely blocked.

We are using ρáíd VPNs to create accounts from them. However, the number of accounts we can do is limited only. We check and change it from time to time and sometimes we get lucky. Most of the time, it's bad. We even used ρáíd multilogin software/services but the success is low. Do you think it's not just the IP that they can track? Or is there some kind of IP that can't be masked?

 

[I2rys Reborn]

We are using ρáíd VPNs to create accounts from them. However, the number of accounts we can do is limited only. We check and change it from time to time and sometimes we get lucky. Most of the time, it's bad. We even used ρáíd multilogin software/services but the success is low. Do you think it's not just the IP that they can track? Or is there some kind of IP that can't be masked?

I guess It's both lucky and not. Facebook clearly scans if the IP is a VPN and double checks it if the account automatically does something If it does then It will get limited that is why sometimes when making account with a VPN don't immediately add friend someone. Stuff like that

Or If you want to do an alternative way, you can create an account without a VPN then disable all ads & telemetry in settings after that logout and connect to a VPN then login with the VPN. Go to settings and logout others to remove old sessions with your original IP.

 

[anything-anywhere]

I guess that will do the work. But what about the IP that the ISP assigned you to? Can it be 100% hidden or not at all times?

 

[I2rys Reborn]

I guess that will do the work. But what about the IP that the ISP assigned you to? Can it be 100% hidden or not at all times?

Good question. Your ISP can and will see you visited Facebook but they wouldn't see the account you used. So If they can't track your steps they can't find you, there is really no reason to worry about your ISP.

 

[senjutsu]

dumudugo naman ilong ko dito

 

[Veraix]

I agree, especially with VPN mods, so be careful what your going to download!!

 

[kilatjr69]

salamat boss

 

[Crowdstrike Falcon User]

I know this is an old post pero they can still track you through cøøkíés, pixels, browser/os fingerprinting, network based attacks (most vpn servers are rented. There's a possibility na may nagmomonitor dyan other than the provider) traffic correlation and analysis. And of course kung may malware mismo sa computer mo.

 

[I2rys Reborn]

I know this is an old post pero they can still track you through cøøkíés, pixels, browser/os fingerprinting, network based attacks (most vpn servers are rented. There's a possibility na may nagmomonitor dyan other than the provider) traffic correlation and analysis. And of course kung may malware mismo sa computer mo.

They know what you do, but they won't know who you are.

 

[Crowdstrike Falcon User]

They know what you do, but they won't know who you are.

Until you logged in to your personal accounts and doing the same behavior ( Like Typing pattern and speed and mouse pattern)
Pero that's not my Threat model. I just want to protect myself against cybercriminals. I don't care if the government is tracking me, wala naman akong ginagawang îllégâl. They have my data anyway.