I continue to make my home network even more complicated. The cool thing about having dedicated hardware for each function (modem, router, Wi-Fi) is that I'm now at the point where I can add arbitrary Wi-Fi access points as nodes to my mesh network and my client devices seamlessly switch between them while still automatically being protected by the DIY VPN I described in this article.
https://blog.lopp.net/how-to-protect-your-home-network-with-a-gigabit-vpn/
I really like your article! Isn't a drawback of running your own VPN server that the size of your anonymity set decreases to 1? If twitter knows you're behind 1.2.3.4, then they know all traffic from that ip is yours. They can sell/share/leak that info to anyone.
Isn't that a good reason to use Mullvad or other shared VPNs?
Pros and cons.
While you're no longer hiding in a crowd, it also means the reputation of that IP address won't be tainted by abusive actions perpetrated by randos. So less likely to be blocked.
