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Question

VPN Security

Apr 10, 2017 1:14AM PDT

My privacy has been compromised and I suspect some kind of surveillance setup. The stalker can see all outgoing traffic from my digital devices, even when using router in seperate location from my house.

I have antimalwarebytes installed along with payed anti-virus. There was no findings after running a complete analyze with both services.

I have windows firewall set up along with router firewall and WPS2 set on it. Passwords are changed on all services and on router/network.

I am currently using a free vpn on my mobile. I'm considering dowloading a free VPN on my desktop as well to ensure my privacy online. This is only for the sake of protecting my traffic against the surveillance setup by the stalker.

Any ideas what kind of surveillance setup I'm dealing with?

If so, will a VPN protect my privacy from any potential stalker?

I have heard a lot of negative stuff about free VPNs but according to reviews Windscribe, TunnelBear or Hotspot Shield should be sufficient for the job I'm needing. I only use internet to watch videos, read news and search custom searches, totally innocent. I have no problem if these free VPNs are shady and shares my log data, it's nothing special.

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Most of the time no.
Apr 10, 2017 1:39AM PDT

Most of the time the user continues to use social media like Facebook and more so VPNs don't help.

As long as they expose themselves on the web, they will be found. It's a hard lesson for some that want to use Facebook and similar but have a stalker problem.

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What VPN's do is hide your IP address.
Apr 10, 2017 5:36AM PDT

They register an IP address from the VPN and not your IP. It's more top prevent tracking your internet activity rather than your private information. Stalkers are more interested in your your personal information and can get that if you don't protect it.

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Is it worthless in my case?
Apr 10, 2017 6:33AM PDT

I want to prevent the stalker from monitoring my internet web history; as I somtimes search for articles/business information/ideas. I don't want the stalker to see this as I consider it to be private. But if the VPN encrypts the data they recieve then I will be happy.

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Yes the VPN encrypts
Apr 10, 2017 9:57AM PDT

But if the PC is infected then the information is just sent to the monitoring site and game over.

Can you use a secure OS like TAILS?

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I guess I could
Apr 10, 2017 10:37AM PDT

Use TAILS. I have heard about it before. Don't you think that a VPN is enough? If the computer/mobile is infected and the stalking persists I will wipe them both.

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I noted why VPN is not enough.
Apr 10, 2017 10:49AM PDT

If you are using an insecure OS on a secure connection, then it's obvious what the result will be.
If the PC was tampered with, a VPN does not stop it sending information out.
If the user insists on facebook, twitter and email, then they have revealed themselves again.