Only trust my frens, here. I thought using a VPN would mask one's actual location and ip address. But there are some sights that recognize my account with them whether or not I am using a vpn. Can someone explain? Thanks.
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Great suggestions here already.
Another possibility could be a "DNS leak". There are many online 'testers' to check for this. IE, https://dnsleak.com
Thank you! I'll check it out. If I have one, I may be back to ask you what to do, lol.
Lol you have one, it will check if it's leaking or not. Does your VPN have rotation available.
Lol. No, I meant, if I have a leak. The test did say I might have a leak. By rotation, do you mean the ability to choose difference proxy locations? If so, yes.
Well, it did say I might have a DNS leak. But I am already using a VPN - so I guess it's not a very good one. Rats. Thanks for putting me on to that. If you have any suggestions, I'd appreciate hearing them.
In most cases, this only a concern to help you hide from your provider and probably not causing your present issue. If your using google, clouldflare, etc. for dns, then I wouldn't trust anything and find a dns provider you can trust. They all talk to each other.
I steer clear of anything gurgle related. I didn't know choosing a DNS server was an option. I'll have to look into how one does that. If you have a recommendation, I'm all ears. Thanks for all your help, btw.