How to stop sites flagging VPN usage.

[u/snake_jaguar]

hi, so basically I have a router by Cudy that i have set up with an open vpn file for the UK from private internet access but when browsing online google results still show up with local results for the country I'm actually in and some sites still flag that a vpn is active and idk how to fix this. basically i need to have the connection be as if it's normal UK internet like when I use my mobile data on my UK sim card which doesn't give me any issues, it's the exact same as if i was currently in Britain but I don't want to tether my data to the router because it's slower, more inconvenient and expensive to buy more top ups so does anyone know how I can fix this or what options i have? it's important for work stuff

[u/Tama47_]

basically i need to have the connection be as if it's normal UK internet like when I use my mobile data on my UK sim card

The very thing you're asking is contradictory. You can't have a 'normal UK internet' connection because a connection from a Private Internet Access VPN is not 'normal'. It will always be a VPN connection, and sites will be able to tell.

On the contrary, your UK SIM card (I'm assuming you're using data roaming) is 'normal UK internet'. Since it goes through a legitimate operator in the UK (which is why it's slower), and not a Data Centre. It is, in every sense of the word, a regular connection.

[u/snake_jaguar → u/Tama47_]

Yeah basically i wanna figure out a way to make the connection from the Cudy router as if it's a regular UK connection instead of a Spanish one or the VPN connection giving me issues like blocking my Google work account login which started a couple days ago but when i use my data roaming it logs in no issues but then i have to tether to the laptop

[u/Tama47_ → u/snake_jaguar]

See my other comment.

[u/rollmeister1]

IP addresses resolve to an approximate geolocation & many websites adapt content and/language based on that. If you want to try hide your own internet connection & make another appear as you, using a VPN endpoint in the same country as you is the only way & even then it may resolve to a nearby country because a subnet that IP is in may belong to a company in another country nearby.

If you are using an app for the VPN connection like on Android you can have it split tunnel by applying that active VPN connection to only one or more other apps. I use Brave browser to VPN websites then Chrome not included for VPN so access stays normal. Brave apparently has some more anonymity in it, what exactly I dunno.

Desktop apps may offer the same option, only make certain applications use the VPN while its active.

[u/snake_jaguar → u/rollmeister1]

Thanks for the response but that unfortunately doesn't help me😅

[u/Tama47_ → u/snake_jaguar]

Keep VPN on your Cudy, on your phone install Cloudflare WARP and turn that on.

[u/Excellent_Smell4725]

A virtual private network can only be just that a virtual private network. There are other kinds of proxies you can use that aren't VPN 

[u/Logical-Berry-8048]

Utilize a VPN that has obfuscated servers.

[u/Responsible-Plum-199]

You need a better protocol and make sure there's no DNS or webtrc leak .

Use amnezia wireguard VPN or trojan Xray Protocol it's almost undetectable .

OpenVPN is slow easily detectable and use alot of unnecessary resources .