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I see. Also, could you please elaborate on the firewall bit? I've set up some rules on games that force data collection before where I just blocked the in and out on the game, but I don't fully understand the "only allow connection via VPN). Do you have clear instructions on how to do that? A tutorial? And what does that do? Thank you, btw.
Oof, sorry. This will depend on OS and the software you use for FW configs. I am too dumb.
For example, I use UFW on Linux. So for me it's
That's just one simple way.
Thank you. I'm not that familiar with UFW, but I have used its UI app, GFUW. I'll mess with it and figure something out. Does blocking outgoing traffic prevent others from seeing my IP address, or do I need to combine that with a rule that only allows connection to the VPN server?
I am not sure I understand your comment.
Blocking outgoing traffic blocks all outgoing traffic, thus including traffic outside of VPN.
Allowing outgoing connections to the VPN server simply makes an exception in that blocking, otherwise you couldn't even connect to a VPN.