I made my own curated list of open source software. Most of the software on there is stuff I use.

These are very valid points, thank you! I have some thoughts of my own, as well:

The IP address a VPN assigns is no more random than the IP address your ISP assigns

I probably should have clarified this. Free versions of VPNs change your IP with nearly every time you disconnect and reconnect, often finding the fastest one. Paid versions may allow you to select one yourself, or choose truly randomly.

Last I knew ISPs still charged for static IP address, so most would be dynamic.

I heard the opposite. If you find out any information about this, please let me know!

I don’t know if the denial of service attacks of old are still relevant.

Technically yes, but not from just spamming the ping command.

Thanks!

Well, are you a millionaire yet? We’re all dying to know!

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I’ve been waiting for a post like this. Every single time I have tried Windows 11 I have fallen in love with the UI and UX. Sure, it can be buggy at times, but that’s true with anything. It has always pained me a little bit every time I have to replace it with Linux. KDE Plasma 6 is the closest I’ve been able to find to Windows 11. Microsoft in my opinion did a really sleek and nice job making Windows 11 pretty, especially compared to Windows 10.

making the introduction about the topic itself

This is not necessary for what I am trying to achieve.

today, all traffic is encrypted. You do not need a vpn for that. Even if you wouldn’t use TLS, using a vpn wouldn’t make it much more secure.

You’ll find that a lot of it is not encrypted, namely DNS and background calls. Windows especially is bad about this. MITM attacks aren’t hard, either. I worked as a penetration tester in network security.

just address that IPs can be static or dynamic. There are many different cases and you exclude them.

I am trying to be as informative as possible, and it is a relevant and interesting issue.

just because the ip is hidden, you may still reveal your location by other means.

I never claimed otherwise.

i am still in charge of my privacy, vpn only hide ip. All other personal identification methods are still valid.

I never claimed otherwise. A VPN does more than just hide your IP address, though.

if you need to be anonymuous vpns aren’t the best tool for it which is the controversal part about vpns. If you just want to torrent, you have to use vpns in many locations. Vpns are useless if you log in to services.

VPNs can help with anonymity, but don’t on their own make you completely anonymous. VPNs are also still valid, even when you log into services, if you haven’t tied those services to any real data.

If you would like me to go into more detail about any of these, I am happy to. Otherwise, you are free to write your own post about VPNs.

Cheers!