VPN does not hide my location

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

Setting the VPN to Americas didn't seem to make any difference.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

OK, then you cannot appreciate my frustration with this VPN thing.
Thanks for all the input.

[blackbird71]

blackbird71 @Guest last edited by blackbird71

@esebm Try using the VPN to visit https://ipleak.net/ and it may give some information about what is leaking your location. Give it a few moments to accumulate information, and it should show you data about what information is available to a website and from what.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

Why not?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

I did try the ipleak site and I see some IP addresses and my true home location but I'm not sure how to interpret the data.
I know that WebRTC is set to "Disable non-proxied UDP".

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

Under 'Your IP Address' do you see your real IP? Or do you see the VPN one?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Don't know which is which, sorry for being dumb.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

If it's not the VPN address, that you can see clicking on the VPN icon, then it's your real IP address.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

No, it's not the IP address on the VPN icon, it must be my real address.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

And the VPN is on?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Yes!

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

Strange.

What about https://whoer.net/ ? It also shows your real IP even with the VPN on?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Yes, real IP address.
And it shows that WebRTC is enabled although WebRTC is set to "Disable non-proxied UDP".

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

Strange that it works here even with WebRTC in the default setting.

Any change if you set another location for the VPN?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

I wouldn't know how.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

The same way you set it to Americas as you said. Click on the VPN icon in the address bar.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

OK, tried with optimal location, same result.
Tried with Europe, located in the Netherlands.
In both cases WebRTC shows enabled.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

And your real IP appears in all the situations?

As a last test, does https://whatismyipaddress.com/ shows your real IP or the VPN one?

[blackbird71]

blackbird71 @Guest last edited by blackbird71

@esebm said in VPN does not hide my location:

OK, tried with optimal location, same result.
Tried with Europe, located in the Netherlands.
In both cases WebRTC shows enabled.

At the https://whoer.net/ site, the WebRTC indicator itself should show 'enabled' since most of Opera's WebRTC code remains functional even if the non-proxied UDP is disabled... that disabling only removes WebRTC user IP reporting functionality. If you enable Opera's WebRTC non-proxied UDP functionality in the WebRTC settings, you'll see your true IP listed beneath the whoer site's WebRTC indicator. When you disable Opera's non-proxied UDP, your IP should disappear from beneath the site's WebRTC indicator and should be replaced with a "N/A" entry.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

OK,
I did try all 3 links that you guys provided, locations set to Americas:
https://whatismyipaddress.com shows my location in Venezuela, ads in the cyrillic language.
https://whoer.net shows my location somewhere in Europe
https://ipleak.net also shows Europe (Vaduz)
At least none of the above does show my true location.
Go figure!
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