Decentralised VPN

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There's a couple of websites I frequent that are very good at blocking you when I use a VPN (I may be wrong but it is something to do with them being a company and owning or at least have plenty of traffic through their own dedicated servers, even work places get blocked) I even clear cache and change my time to the UK time.

I have been using a VPN that allows you to connect via "nodes"; a node is instance is someones smart phone, laptop, tablet or even a private server. Once connected to a node and you check your IP location is usually says Virgin, BT and even Vodaphone. So residential IP addresses.

So far is has worked flawlessly, 7 day free trial. (Mysterium)

Anyone else used them or know how they work?

[nismocat]

I do not know the ins and outs of how it works and I am using it to access certain legit websites in the UK, I am not signed up to let people use mine.
That is true about the IP addresses being blacklisted by VPNs, that was the issue I had.

I wonder if a persons IP is blacklisted, and it is a legitimate Virgin Broadband user etc, how they would go about getting it lifted?

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PF62 said:

nismocat said:

or know how they work?

www.howtogeek.com/845555/mysterium-vpn-review/

TLDR - Individuals renting out their IP address and broadband connection for you to connect to.

And if you just need that then use PiVPN or Tailscale when travelling.

If you read my OP that's what I've already said, so your TLDR is pretty comical! Also, I was referencing the techy side of the nodes not how it connects.

PiVPN are great (Raspberry Pi) but I will need to actually be there to set it up. So useless in my situation.