No worries. And yeah, I was using a VPS in Virginia as an exit node for the same effect. But mullvad is much more convenient and faster.
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What does the free one use ?
Nothing. It's a classic VPN, just a network among your devices.
All your internet traffic is direct to/from your device.
How long would you say a first install would take? An hour?
I'm guessing you got it working?

