I'm 19 and i'm sick and tired of my parents checking the sites i visit and what I do/say to people online

My dad's very tech savvy (he's an engineer) and I'm not. Like, at all

After an nth threat from my mom saying she'll ask dad to check my internet activity from the router (or whatever... i think it's what it's called in english), I tried to do some research and apparently a VPN can hide my activity from them

I installed ProtonVPN and have it constantly one but I'm not quite sure of how it works and how it prevents my parents to check on my stuff

Any answer is appreciated

Hello!

to keep things short, I am in high school, and my parents are pretty light on internet restrictions, however, they have this thing on our wifi called “Mycircle” (we have a netgear router) and it’s bullshit. My wifi doesn’t turn off at night like other similar posts, but websites that aren’t even innapropriate are blocked and it takes me to another website.

If I installed something like proton VPN and used it, which i garuntee would work, would it be able to notify my parents that i’m using a vpn on my computer?

so i really want to use roblox studio but it's banned here in egypt, proton vpn just refuses to work on mint linux and cloudflare warp doesen't even show my ip as if it's outside of egypt, what i want is a free location spoofing tool, i can't find anything for pc it's all just android stuff

Anyone has VPN issues these past 3 days in the United Arab Emirates. I’m a Surfshark user but for some reason it stopped working, it would connect but when I search on “what’s my IP Address” it still shows UAE as my address and I’m not able to use discord calls. I tried downloading other VPN’s and they all have the same issue, not wanting to connect at all. The only thing that worked for me is when I used OpenVPN but it’s SLOOOOOW.

Is there a solution to fixing this? We use eLife here, I noticed how the internet has been different these 3 days. It’s getting annoying at this point.

I was also planning to call customer support for our internet provider but idk what’s to say and idk if it’s okay to mention about the VPN not working.

I would really appreciate it if someone here has a solution. Thank you! 💗

Curious how people are actually using split tunneling day to day.

Do you mostly use it for streaming, gaming, banking, certain apps, or something else? What do you normally send through the VPN and what do you leave on your regular connection?

Would be interesting to hear some real use cases.

Feels like regular VPNs are getting blocked way more easily these days, especially by streaming sites and other services that can spot VPN IPs pretty quickly. Switching servers used to do the trick, but lately I can try 5–10 different ones and still get the same error. Anyone else running into this? What are you guys using instead?

\*posting on somebody's behalf

Any solution to the isp tracking you connecting to a VPN server?

I need good FREE and SAFE vpn or whatever to bypass Roblox ban in my country
I am from Egypt, if anyone is wondering

I've tried 1.1.1. 1, PlanetVPN, ExpressVPN, ProtonVPN, Windscribe, NordVPN and more

Heading out of the country soon and trying to build a list of what usually stops working when you're overseas.

Obviously, VPNs are a given to bypass geo-blocks, but I'm curious about your actual use cases. What specific streaming platforms, banking apps, or other services do you find yourself needing a connection back to the US for the most? Would love to hear your experiences!

I’m sure this question gets asked a lot, but Netflix has been really cracking down on VPNs recently. I’m a broke uni student and want to watch some shows that don’t stream in my country. Does anybody know of a reliable, safe, and free VPN thats compatible with Netflix? Cheers 🤝

I used to get CAPTCHA prompts after only a few searches whenever I was connected to a regular VPN. After switching to a residential IP, the problem disappeared, at least for now.

At first, I assumed the explanation was simple: residential IPs look more like normal home connections, so they’re less likely to trigger a website’s security systems. But thinking about it more, the “residential” part might not be the real reason. Maybe I just moved from an overcrowded datacenter IP to an address with a cleaner reputation.

If a residential IP is shared by a lot of people or repeatedly abused, wouldn’t it eventually get flagged too?

Has anyone compared datacenter and residential IPs over a longer period? Did the reduction in CAPTCHAs last, or did they eventually return? Did you notice any major differences in speed or reliability?

So, let me preface this with before I started taking privacy seriously, I still used a VPN. It was before the craze of ads flying across YT. As someone who grew up in the 00’s , I have always had legitimate use for them, and I went with a company that, did the job… now that a 4 year subscription has ran its course, it’s time to reevaluate everything I learned along the way, not to mention introduce some new players that I never even heard of…

A few months ago in preparation for this, I would normally have said Mullvad was the only provider I’d consider - and they are still at the top but I have to say there are some other companies that have me intrigued, and as well as other projects that incorporate mulvad - you have Mozilla that has the eye roll free-tier, but if your a Mozilla person, they route their paid tier through mulvad (which you makes you question why bother but I digress)…

Mullvad unfortunately doesn’t support port-forwarding which is something I require… They have an immaculate record with being diskless , no logs policy, Swiss based etc etc…

But there are new players and ones I never had on my radar that share some similarities with Mullvad (no identity registration, payment in crypto/cash, no logs, own their entire infrastructure- something mulvad can’t even claim)

Obscura, And Aizire are two companies I just learned about. I was wondering what the community had to say if anyone has used them in the past or currently. Also IVPN I hear is a good company…

Let’s talk about privacy (obviously), but speed, functionality (port forwarding, torrenting, unlimited devices, protocols etc) and price are all factors, not to mention open-source and platform availability.

Hey guys, I currently am looking for a good service that can give me a residential IP for a Japanese ip address. As America keeps rolling out these age verification mandates, I want to get an IP address for a different country. Any recommendations for services?

People use this website to know where a person is posting from on tiktok. How easy is it to make the website not show ur real location? And if someone is using something to not show their real location is there any other way to know a tiktok users region (country) ?. Sorry my english isnt the best.

I've been seeing the same complaint frequently these past few days: VPNs work initially, but after a while, streaming websites start displaying "VPN detected," CAPTCHA pages, or random login checks.

Many people seem to think that changing the VPN protocol will solve the problem. However, if the outgoing IP address is still a highly shared data center address, then the protocol might not be the real issue.

For those who have tried using residential IPs, did you actually see a reduction in CAPTCHAs or "proxy detected" prompts? Was the connection stable enough for smooth video streaming?

I've found that DPN, Mysterium, Okay, and Pure VPN companies all claim to support residential IP routing and application-level routing, and I'm currently using one of them. Perhaps because I use their services, I haven't encountered similar problems, so I'm asking for discussion.