First let me say I am the 70 year old guy who is tech challenged.
Just discovered Cloudflare and wonder if I should use it instead of a VPN?
I have done a bunch of reading but it is all over my head.
Cloudfare is a large part of the internet, deals alot with speed and security. A vpn might run on cloudflare but its not the same as a vpn., so the answer is no.
Thanks for the response but I am sorry I don’t understand. I am using Surfshark on my firestick but Cloudflare on my phone and tablet. Both seem to mask my ip address.
I think, but not sure, a vpn will mask your ip from your internet service provider and Cloudflare does not.
When I connect to Cloudflare I see a different IP address.
VPN doesn’t keep log of your activities but Cloudflare will spy on you and give that log to the FBI. That is why you have to pay for the VPN.
Interesting may I ask how you know that?
I would like to get more info to be more clear. Any suggestions?
Unfortunately it isn’t simply a one sentence answer. Using the site search you can find many Troypoint insiders comments and personal experiences with Clodflare. These may help.
Funnily enough,I literally just changed my dns settings to the 1.1.1.1 but couldn’t recall the name behind the ip.Now I do lol
It seems to be working for me. It changes my IP address just like any VPN I have used.
Has anybody ever read the privacy terms of cloudfare?
You don’t need to change to a Cloudfare DNS if using a VPN as they have their own.
I would like to revisit this subject. It says my internet is private. I am trying to understand this more. Any thoughts?
Basically, if you’re using a VPN, all your traffic is encrypted and only the VPN company can see what you are accessing, domain names and IP address addresses.
If you are using your ISP’s DNS, it can see the domain names and IP addresses that you visit.
If you are using a DNS like cloudflare the domain names are hidden, but your ISP can still see the IP addresses that you visit.
I only use a VPN if I am torrenting or trying to get around blocked content.
For everything else, I don’t care what my ISP sees because they don’t really care unless I am involved in criminal activities that could potentially be flagged on their systems.
If you are torrenting, make sure you bind your VPN to your torrent client.
If you don’t and your VPN disconnects you will be exposed and your ISP will see that you are using p2p file sharing.
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Avid thanks for taking the time to explain that. I use Cloudfare on my phone, tablet, and laptop. I use Surfshark on my TV with my firestick. SS seems to block to many places on my laptop. Kind of a pain. I am not sure what torrenting is. I have an IPTV I use on the firestick and SS seems to work well. I do have to restart it if I reboot my firestick but it never drops off other than that,
Maybe you could benefit from using a VPN static IP address on your laptop.
This could help with access to the blocks you are encountering on your laptop but remember you don’t need a vpn to access legitimate websites and services.
Some legitimate websites and services will use VPN detecting software and block access to their websites and services when you use one.
Some VPNs have protocols to get round this detecting software.
Don’t worry about torrenting if you don’t do it.
Thanks again!
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