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I started wondering which VPN might be best to use, then I realized, there's little comparison to your own server. Outline VPN is a neat open source tool that makes this possible with no server setup or maintenance required: https://getoutline.org/en/home

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The point of using a commercial VPN is that you can share an endpoint with multiple users. Thus "blending in" with the crowd. If you choose to use a VPN endpoint that only you use, you lose all privacy benefits except the one against your ISP.

We totally agree :) For the vast majority of (non-Torrenting related) use-cases it makes far more sense from a privacy and security perspective. I even wrote a little guide on it: https://blog.privacytools.io/self-hosting-a-shadowsocks-vpn-...

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