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As a fellow tinhat wearer, I applaud your reluctance to trust what they tell you.

However, there isn’t much you can do about your VPN provider setting up multiple exit routes, or maybe they’re doing something really fancy like NAT filtering DNS requests so big players like Netflix have a harder time catching on to ppl geo-hopping.

But the outcome is the same: you have no control over this behaviour.

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irmadlad@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

But the outcome is the same: you have no control over this behaviour.

Yes, I totally understand that. It seemed suspicious to me because it had never happened to me before. (I have bookmarked a few articles about this 'Round Robin to read this evening) Like I said, This check gets done every morning, and has been a ‘ritual’ for years, and I have had the same VPN provider for years. So, that is what triggered my anxiety. I appreciate what everyone else has said, and I bow to greater knowledge bases than I possess. At the very least, TIL. So it’s been a good day 'tater.

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- non_burglar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Fair enough.
  
  I see your posts and comments regularly in self-hosted, keep it up. Staying engaged is learning.
  
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  - irmadlad@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    The issue is that I know what I know, and that’s it. LOL I’ve had a computer in front of me since the mid 70s, but don’t equate longevity with knowledge. I am self taught in most everything I do whether in real life or digital life. So when something pops up that’s different to your regularly scheduled program, it cause anxiety. Since I am not a real IT professional, solving the issue can sometimes be tedious.
    
    I am, however, a bit sensitive to the word ‘paranoia’. It’s not paranoia to check yourself before you start the day. It takes less than thirty seconds to validate dns leak checks while I’m sipping my coffee. Also, if it wasn’t a habit every morning to check, I probably would have been clueless to the situation. It could have been leaking and I would have never known it.
    
    's-aright. I appreciate greatly, everyone’s willingness to help and give their input. No harm - no foul.
    
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