Submitted 1 year ago by MagneticFusion@lemm.ee to privacyguides@lemmy.one
I use Mozilla VPN (Mullvad underneath), and it has the option for multi hop, which is really just two hops. Is there any major privacy gains with it or no?
And before you say VPNs are not the magic bullet for privacy, I already know that I use Linux, GrapheneOS, hardened Firefox, etc etc.
It will make your connection more private and secure, but I don’t think its major or worth using for most people due to the downsides.
I’m tinfoil hat levels of paranoid, but I’m not layering like that due to the downsides
I figure if you’re going to multihop, ToR isn’t going to be that much slower; might as well go that route instead with the added benefits.
I always recommend multi-hop as it increases your privacy. And as long you choose the two servers to be nearby each other and not halfway across the world, you will not notice any difference in your connection.
I think this article by Mullvad explains this well.
You forgot to mention qubes :)
It doesn’t make sense using, since both VPNs see your traffic and one of them still knows your real IP adress. So using VPN over VPN doesn’t add any extra security or privacy. Anyone who say smth different has no technical understanding how Tor works and how VPN does.
Nia@beehaw.org 1 year ago
For average use not really, assuming the VPN is reliable and trustworthy.
When you start getting into the territory of doing stuff that would actually get investigated, it has some benefits like having a little bit of protection from possibly backdoored servers etc.