I work from home and frequently work in coffee shops and hotels on guest WiFi. My home network consists of a 12-port POE switch, 4 enterprise class wireless access points, and cloud management. I have a company issued MacBook Pro for business that I don’t change security settings on.

Also have a iPad Pro and an iPhone that I use for personal use. I have been using NordVPN’s VPN on my iPad and iPhone and they are currently offering a dedicated IP address. What are the advantages/disadvantages of using a dedicated IP address?

I have also noticed that NordVPN is having trouble staying connected to my iPad and iPhone, so I am considering leaving NordVPN altogether and going with something like CloudFlare.

What products do you use to secure your personal devices? What would you say are your must-haves when it comes to security for personal devices that you use for things like banking on unsecured networks? If you use a service like CloudFlare, which of their products do you use?

  • Dodecahedron December@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    A dedicated IP address is a great way to permanently connect your internet browsing activity to yourself. It works better for tracking you across the internet than cookies do in some cases. This is a boon to advertisers and law enforcement.

    Why you should want one idk. Seems dumb af for a privacy company to offer you this. Then again people misunderstand how VPNs work - they keep you safe from using public wifi, and that’s about it.