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Old 12-13-2020, 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by villagetinker View Post
I am somewhat confused. A VPN is a method to encrypt the data end to end so that it cannot be intercepted. What you are describing sounds more like a problem with the site you went to. I have gone to sites (including this one) that refused to accept my user name and password, a quick shutdown of the browser and return to the site and all is well. Also, I do not think sites store the IP address for ID purposes, as I have signed into many sites from different locations which would mean different IP addresses.
I will leave it to some network and security experts to expand on this.
VPN is all about encryption and "tunnels" for transport of packets by hiding your physical location. There are cases of hacking VPN though. Some VPN will not protect you from server side cookies.