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Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers?

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On 16.2.15 10:04, Joe Domack wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 05:58:22 +0000, William Unruh wrote:
>
>> The best way to stay secret is to stop "all the web sites I visit,
>
> I'm not gonna disagree with you that the best way to stay secret
> is to turn off the computer, and rip down my WISP WiFi antenna.
>   http://i58.tinypic.com/ea1lph.jpg
>
> But, there must be a more graceful way to change IP addresses
> than to have to choose from a half dozen or more public VPN
> services.
>
> One way I know of, but it's immoral, is to glom off any of my
> neighbors who don't use high encryption on their home broadband
> routers, but that's not something I would ever do.
>
> Likewise, I can travel to a coffeeshop or library, which works,
> but, that's a bit of effort for privacy (and it has its own
> inherencies to it, such as the inevitable cameras and the
> fact you're now doing something in a public place, so you're
> even less protected than you were at home).
>
> Since our WiFi radios can connect at 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz with
> radios 15 miles away, I could also aim my dish at an unsuspecting
> transceiver but, even if I were to skip the moral implications,
> I'd still need to figure out how to connect to their network,
> as usually there are authentication issues like being on the
> same subnet even if there is no login/password challenge.
>
> Of course, since my radio is the powerful one, and currently
> I'm connected to an even more powerful radio than mine is,
> the problem is that I'd be connecting to a far weaker radio
> in this case.
>
> Since I'd be connecting to a far weaker radio (e.g., it might
> be someone's puny home broadband router two or three miles away),
> the antenna is all that really matters, and the receiver sensitivity,
> both of which are pretty good in my case (and I can get better).
>
> But, glomming onto someone else's unprotected broadband router
> isn't my way, so, I'm trying to change my IP address, from home,
> a legitimate way.
>
> The *only* way I can think of (besides changing ISPs every few
> weeks or so) is to switch to public vpn servers.
>
> But, I can't be such a genius that I figure out, on the first
> pass, the only way something as common as wanting to change your
> IP address is.
>


Have you thought about the Tor network?

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Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers? Joe Domack <jdomack@example.org> - 2015-02-16 01:18 +0000
  Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers? Big_Al <Big_al@invalid.com> - 2015-02-15 20:33 -0500
    Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers? "David E. Ross" <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2015-02-15 20:22 -0800
      Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers? Paul in Houston TX <Paul@Houston.Texas> - 2015-02-15 22:31 -0600
        Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers? Joe Domack <jdomack@example.org> - 2015-02-16 07:02 +0000
          Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-02-16 06:03 -0500
        Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-02-16 09:58 +0100
      Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers? Joe Domack <jdomack@example.org> - 2015-02-16 07:00 +0000
      Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers? Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2015-02-16 14:02 -0600
        Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers? Joe Domack <jdomack@example.org> - 2015-02-16 21:29 +0000
    Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers? Joe Domack <jdomack@example.org> - 2015-02-16 06:57 +0000
    Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public   vpn servers? Mike Barnes <mikebarnes333@gmail.com> - 2015-02-16 07:51 +0000
      Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public   vpn servers? Joe Domack <jdomack@example.org> - 2015-02-16 07:53 +0000
  Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers? Paul in Houston TX <Paul@Houston.Texas> - 2015-02-15 20:30 -0600
    Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers? Joe Domack <jdomack@example.org> - 2015-02-16 07:06 +0000
      Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers? Paul in Houston TX <Paul@Houston.Texas> - 2015-02-16 01:24 -0600
        Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers? Joe Domack <jdomack@example.org> - 2015-02-16 07:35 +0000
          Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers? Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2015-02-16 13:54 -0600
            Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers? Joe Domack <jdomack@example.org> - 2015-02-16 21:42 +0000
              Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers? Tom Roche <tom_roche@pobox.com> - 2015-03-10 09:45 -0700
    Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers? richard <noreply@example.com> - 2015-02-16 13:49 -0500
      Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers? Joe Domack <jdomack@example.org> - 2015-02-16 21:48 +0000
        Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers? richard <noreply@example.com> - 2015-02-16 23:40 -0500
  Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers? Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2015-02-16 04:00 +0000
  Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-02-16 05:58 +0000
    Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers? Joe Domack <jdomack@example.org> - 2015-02-16 07:10 +0000
    Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers? Joe Domack <jdomack@example.org> - 2015-02-16 08:04 +0000
      Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers? Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2015-02-16 10:22 +0200
        Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers? Joe Domack <jdomack@example.org> - 2015-02-16 15:30 +0000
          Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-02-16 16:45 +0100
            Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers? Joe Domack <jdomack@example.org> - 2015-02-16 15:56 +0000
              Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-02-16 17:07 +0100
  Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers? Stormin' Norman <norman@schwarzkopf.invalid> - 2015-02-16 15:07 +0000
  Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers? "BillyRay0808 USA VP 2016" <postsmaster@mynews.gateway.pace.com> - 2015-02-17 13:10 -0600
  Re: Is there any other way to get a DIFFERENT IP address than public vpn servers? Joe Domack <jdomack@example.org> - 2015-02-19 04:35 +0000

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